Pope Francis on Wednesday decided to make the Martyrs of Compiègne officially saints. It was a rare decision, in that no one in the Church disagreed with it. In order to understand why the ...

Napoleon would eventually declare himself "Emperor of the French." John Adams had feared just such a chaotic end: A revolution of this sort, he had argued, would lead not to democracy but despotism.

The French Revolution began in 1789 and lasted until the end of the 18th century. It was brought on by the public’s general ...

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski THE Martyrs of Compiègne, a group of 16 Discalced Carmelite nuns executed during the Reign ...

The French Revolution would have an enormous impact ... equality and brotherhood to you and me. OK, it didn’t end all that well but the principle’s a good one. MAX: Meanwhile in Belfast ...