and “God’s death!” With questionable humor, given her mother’s fate, she joked just before naval hero Francis Drake was knighted that she had “a gilded sword to strike off his head.” ...

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 ...

Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

Sunday marked the end of a formal mourning period in the Catholic Church for Pope Francis, who died April 21 after 12 years in the papacy. He was 88. The pontiff's death catalyzed an extensive ...

World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and reflected his ...

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis’ "pope-mobile" – a vehicle outfitted to protect the pontiff during his 2014 trip to the birthplace of Jesus Christ – is being converted into a mobile ...

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 ...

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.In one of his ...

I think every single cell in your body has changed over at least once. I think that I changed more than the play did,” says ...

Languages: English. One of Pope Francis' popemobiles is being converted into a mobile health clinic for children in the Gaza Strip, fulfilling one of the late pontiff's final wishes before his ...

“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 ...