The seafarer peoples of the past who mastered the oceans were crucial in laying the foundations upon which civilizations were ...

One of the most famous privateers was admiral Francis Drake, who made a fortune by plundering Spanish settlements. Privateering was a shady business, but because it paid more than military service, ...

A fresh look at Drake’s voyages, dispelling the myths and uncovering some brutal truths. Show more For centuries, Sir Francis Drake has been celebrated as a national hero - the first Englishman ...

Back on the level, Francis Drake is still unexposed after just four starts and he could well appreciate dropping in trip in this 6f handicap. Simon & Ed Crisford's gelding has shown plenty of ...

One of Pope Francis’s “popemobiles” is being transformed into a mobile healthcare unit for children and sent to the Gaza Strip, the Vatican’s official media outlet said on Sunday.

Pope Francis' death Monday at the age of 88 comes after the Catholic leader experienced a number of health issues in recent years. Francis died at 7:35 a.m. Monday at his residence, the Vatican said.

On May 7, an expected 133 cardinal electors will enter the Sistine Chapel to elect the new Roman pontiff, the successor to Pope Francis, who shied away from giving red hats to the traditional ...

Standing at the junction of what is now Highway 1 and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, the building that once housed the Olema Hotel sits on land that was originally part of Rafael Garcia’s Spanish ...

In 2017, Pope Francis met President Donald Trump for the first and only time, and defused months of tension with the mention of a Slovenian pastry. During that meeting, which included some of ...

Within hours of Francis' death, sites such as Polymarket, a cypto trading platform, and Kalshi, a futures platform, saw Parolin, a compromise candidate between progressives and conservatives ...

Pope Francis’ funeral brought world leaders, monarchs, and hundreds of thousands of people to Rome on Saturday to bid him farewell in a ceremony of breathtaking spectacle that offered age-old ...

“Everything is connected,” Pope Francis wrote — five times — in his encyclical Laudato Si’. Since its publication in 2015, this text has become a reference for environmental protection ...