Francis signaled a very different tone for the papacy, stressing humility over hubris for a Catholic Church beset by scandal ...

Hawass revealed that the mission found a statue ensemble depicting King Djoser, his wife, and their ten daughters for the ...

A headdress of macaw feathers adorns the skull ... may have shaken the political and economic stability of the Chimú kingdom. Its priests and leaders may have ordered the mass sacrifice in ...

They say it opens a window into a period late in ancient Egyptian history when Saqqara ... that belonged to a high-ranking priest named Wahtye. The next season yielded intriguing caches of animal ...

The Sumerians likely bartered palm, fish and vegetable oil, wool and cloth, grain and other agricultural products for such items as gold from Egypt and ... a full-bearded “priest king ...

Pope Francis was history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin-American pontiff, renowned for his outspoken advocacy for the poor and insistence on a more ...

The death of Pope Francis has triggered a period of mourning in the Vatican and signals the start of a millennia-old process of picking a new pontiff.

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, has died on Easter Monday, ...