The Magna Carta, Latin for “Great Charter” is a foundational document for democracy, in that it forced tyrannical kings—beginning with King John 1 in year 1215 AD—to submit to the rule of law, rights, ...

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Over the last 1,000 years, these are the historic events that have had the biggest impact on the British Isles and its people ...

Three rare copies of the Magna Carta were displayed at Durham Cathedral Museum Almost 30,000 people flocked to a cathedral to see three rare copies of the Magna Carta. The historic documents were put ...

The idea of a benevolent outlaw who steals from the rich to give to the poor is one that many, especially in these straitened times, might feel like they can get behind.

Pope Francis established the day in 2016 as a reminder that the poor are “at the heart of the Gospel.” Leo has shown that he ...

This is the text of Pope Leo XIV’s homily at the Mass he celebrated Nov. 16, 2025, for the Jubilee of the Poor in St. Peter’s ...

With thousands of migrants, refugees, unhoused people, the unemployed and members of the trans community present in St. Peter ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday met with the leadership and staff of Caritas Internationalis, the Church’s global charitable network operating in more than 200 countries.

Office workers regularly ask me when I was born. I typically respond that I have no memory of being born and ask if they do. It’s all hearsay – whatever our parents told us.

Since the first of September, the U.S. Navy has been blowing up small vessels off the coast of Venezuela. The current count is nine boats and approximately 37 dead. The U.S. government declares that ...