There is a famous quote attributed to then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger in 1997, in comments to a Bavarian television station.

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The War in Vietnam pushed me out of academia, turned me into an anti-imperialist and cast a long shadow on my life. The March ...

Americans once associated spheres of influence with a cynical, volatile European past. Now Washington is resurrecting them.

A few cardinals are seen as front-runners to succeed Pope Francis, yet many of the clerics who will vote have not made up ...

Though Francis didn’t make major changes to the conclave, his outreach to what he called “peripheries’’ leaves an imprint that will be felt this week.

A draft internal State Department memo (denied by Secretary of State Marco Rubio) shows the Trump administration is considering closing 10 embassies and 17 consulates and to consolidate staff in Japan ...

History often paints a complex picture of its key figures. This article delves into the lives of 20 individuals who were ...

If the next pope is from sub-Saharan Africa, he would be the first in Catholic Church history. Catholic Africans think it is ...

Throughout history, ambition and the desire for success have driven many individuals. However, for some, this drive morphed ...

The Belgian ruler Leopold II had elaborate plans to extract resources from Africa. Pachyderms played a part.