1968: Jimi Hendrix is jailed for one day in Stockholm on drink charges after going berserk and destroying everything in his hotel room. 1969: The USSR’s Venera 5 is launched for the first successful ...

In the 15 days between the death of Pope Benedict XV on January 22, 1922 and the election of his successor, Pius XI, on ...

On December 24, 1914, the fighting along the Western Front of the First World War stopped suddenly. It was just […] ...

The enchanting carol dates to at least the 15th or 16th centuries. Its melody is mesmerizing and evocative, with lyrics ...

After official attempts at a World War I truce failed, soldiers in the trenches of the Western Front took it upon themselves ...

On Christmas day, German soldiers emerged from their muddy hell holes waving their arms, showing the Allied Forces that they ...

In September 1914, Pope Benedict XV called for a Christmas truce. Somehow, with that message — and I am most certain along with divine providence — a truce began that Christmas Eve and into ...

On December 24, 1914, in the midst of the unrelenting violence of World War I, a cease-fire suddenly swept across areas of ...

President Joe Biden will travel to Italy next month to meet with Pope Francis and top Italian officials for what is expected to be the final international trip of his presidency.Related video ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will travel to Rome in January to meet with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, the White House said on Thursday of a ...

Two attempts to assassinate Pope Francis when he made a historic visit to northern Iraq were foiled by British spies and police inside the country, Francis has revealed in his new autobiography.

Pope Francis has claimed a plot to assassinate him during a 2021 visit to Iraq involving two suicide bombers was foiled thanks to the intervention of British intelligence and Iraqi security forces ...