The social status and evolving rights of children in ancient Rome, from the absolute power of a father to early legal ...

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The French sensed the danger of the firm policy adopted by the Algerian authorities in dealing with the arrogance and ...

Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered one of the most important finds from Anatolia’s early Christian era: a fresco of a ...

Some years ago there was a highly unusual court hearing involving an unfortunate attorney named Rebekah Nett. Ms. Nett got herself into hot water in, of all things, a Minnesota bankruptcy case.

Rino Barillari has been snapping photos of, and sparring with, the famous for 65 years, from Princess Margaret to Lady Gaga, Peter O’Toole to Spike Lee. He is now a fixture himself in the celebrity ...

Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday presided over the final major celebration of the Holy Year, calling for renewed commitment to justice, ...

The death in the Dominican Republic of a girl of Haitian descent, who drowned in a swimming pool during a school excursion, ...

The Black and Indian Missions Office originated in 1874 as the Bureau of Catholic Missions, with wider goals added in ...

For centuries, the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza has been one of history’s greatest mysteries. How did the ...