Pope Francis has declared as saints 16 Carmelite martyrs executed by guillotine during the French Revolution and confirmed ...

Before meeting her death, each sister knelt before their prioress who gave them permission to die. The prioress was the last ...

Bathed in the glow of the winter sun, the colonnades of ancient Palmyra are perhaps Syria’s most precious sight.

Lee Edwards was an indispensable player in the conservative movement. He was a role model who worked to expose the horrors of ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday officially recognized the martyrdom of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J., the apostolic ...

Nick Harkaway, the pseudonymous author of the new novel Karla’s Choice (dubbed by the publisher “A John Le Carré novel”), is ...

The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...

Assad's abandoned palace to the site of one of the country's most horrific massacres, the ABC spent three days in Syria, ...

History is full of strange coincidences! Join us as we explore fascinating instances where significant events occurred ...

Indiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years by putting to death a man convicted of killing four people decades ago.

Within months of his victory and that of the JVP-NPP (‘Maalimaawa’), President Anura Dissanayake has unilaterally executed a ...