West Australians will gather today to commemorate the state's last World War II prisoner of war, Arthur Leggett.

Yes, even the new leader of millions of faithful Catholics around the world once used an iconic Massachusetts candy to play ...

The first American pope has a family history with deep ties to New Orleans. Robert Prevost, who has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV, was elected as the next pontiff on Thursday following a two-day ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Chesney was born in 1912 and grew up on a farm in Clifton Hill, Missouri. Chesney and her husband lived in several places ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of antipopes as well.

None of the 266 popes in history have been from America. But ten Americans are eligible to vote in the conclave to select the ...

The conclave, one of the world's oldest and most secretive electoral processes, gathers Roman Catholic cardinals under 80 to elect a new pope in the Sistine Chapel. Cardinals vote in secrecy until a ...

Some activities, such as prayer, are widespread. Others, such as fasting and lighting incense or candles, vary more by ...

The first Orthodox Church in the US was established in New Orleans in 1864, built in 1866, by Greek merchants.

New Orleans Roman Catholics are diverse and have mixed views on what they want to see in the next pope, whose selection will ...

The Brazilian nun, who was born in 1908, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest person in January ...