Discover who built the Palace of Versailles. Learn how Louis XIII began it and Louis XIV transformed it with famous ...

Edward Keegan writes, broadcasts and teaches on architectural subjects. Keegan’s biweekly architecture column is supported by ...

Cleopatra VII Philopator was an astute ruler who used her charms to win over the most powerful men in the ancient world as ...

On May 18, 2025, Louis West, 88, of Taylor, Texas, went to be with his Lord surrounded by his loving family. Louis was welcomed into Heaven by his parents Eula Mae and James West; his loving wife ...

Seven months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago roots have helped frame both his spirituality and priorities.

Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Christmas Mass celebration at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Leo celebrated ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his first Christmas Mass celebration at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. Leo celebrated Christmas Eve Mass.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP and 25News Now) — Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was “very disappointed” that his home state of ...

Bishop Ronald Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet in Pope Leon’s home state of Illinois, will take over the Archdiocese of ...

Overt political symbols are everywhere now. They’re all over our screens, too, as is political signaling. This feels like a ...

Supporters call it Medical Aid in Dying. Opponents call it assisted suicide. The health care network serving the Illinois ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday rejected technological promises to indefinitely prolong human existence — such as those proposed by “transhumanism”— and said the resurrection of Christ “reveals to us that ...