Police investigate how Rome’s beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again

Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian ...

Pope laments ‘ashes of international law’ left by today’s conflicts in Ash Wednesday liturgy

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of ...

Police on the case: How Rome's beloved Bernini elephant sculpture lost the tip of its tusk — again

Police are investigating how one of Rome’s most beloved monuments, the elephant sculpture designed by Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini, lost the tip of its left tusk ...

‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ creator explains bloody, shocking death: ‘Brutal’

All men must die. “Game of Thrones” spinoff “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” has been lighter in tone than its parent show – ...
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396 AD – The invasion that forced Rome to seal Greece

In the wake of Alaric’s devastating invasion of Greece in 396 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire made a fateful decision: seal off the Peloponnese behind a massive stone barrier. The Hexamilion Wall ...

Pope’s Ash Wednesday liturgy laments ‘ashes of international law’ left by today’s conflicts

Pope Leo XIV presided over Ash Wednesday, lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” destroyed by global ...

Shedding Light on a Roma Artist, and the Fate of Her People

Ceija Stojka, who made visible the historical injustices to the Roma people during and after the Holocaust, is the subject of ...