Pope Leo XIV spoke in multiple languages in his appeal to media representatives to help the world escape the “Tower of Babel” ...

Learn about the origins and meanings of the words 'ignoramus' and 'rusticate' in English language history.

LEXICOLOGYEnglish is a rich melting pot of words borrowed and adapted from languages across the globe. Many long, elegant, or even tongue-twisting English words have surprising backstories that trace ...

104. Louise — This moniker has English roots and means "famous warrior," so it's a strong name for a baby girl. 105. Ethel — ...

The language barrier has helped maintain an air of unreality around the papacy in the U.S. That is about to change.

The American-born pontiff, a Chicago native, speaks Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese. He also reads Latin and German.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a district court decision that cleared the way for election officials to distribute voter materials in languages other than English.

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

The origin story of Alcatraz's name is a complicated mix of language, a history that dates back to the first Europeans to ...

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.