Pope Gelasius declared Feb. 14 as St. Valentine’s Day in 496 AD. It was not until much later, however, that the day became ...

Valentine’s Day is celebrated worldwide as a day of love and affection. Its origins trace back to ancient Rome, where it ...

Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Here's a quick Valentine's Day history, from possible pagan origins to Catholic saints ...

One of the most common explanations is that Valentine's Day has its origins in the ancient Roman fertility festival of ...

Pope Francis signing a document at Merdeka Palace during his apostolic visit to Indonesia in September 2024. (Photo: Government of Indonesia/Wikimedia Commons) Pope Francis allegedly escaped an ...

Pope Francis appoints Bishop Robert Walter McELROY as cardinal during the consistory for the creation of new cardinals at St. Peter's Basilica, August 27, 2022 in the Vatican. (Photo by alliance ...

The romantic holiday has been celebrated for centuries, but the history behind it is much darker than red roses.

A Python interface for ab initio path integral molecular dynamics simulations (and more). i-PI is a Python server (that does not need to be compiled and only requires ...

I hope it'll be immediately respected by the parties and all the hostages will finally be able to go home to hug their loved ones again" Pope Francis called Sunday for a ceasefire in Gaza to be ...

From Constantinople the Litany was taken to Rome and the West. Pope Gelasius I (492-96) introduced into the Mass an intercession of litanic character, the nine-fold Kyrie eleison which still survives.

Dan Brown knew it when he penned his book Angels and Demons, which sees the abduction of four cardinals vying for the position of pope. And Robert Harris knew it when he wrote the 2016 novel that ...

"A pope cannot divide the world into children and stepchildren and must denounce the sufferings of all," he said. "This is exactly what the Pope does not do." Pope Francis. Vatican announces new ...