Francis’s papacy broke new ground in many other ways - he was the first Jesuit and the first Latin American pontiff ... Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal in 2001. He refused many of the ...

In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

South America is famous for its diverse wildlife that isn't found anywhere else. The continent has much to enjoy and discover, from colorful birds to rare amphibians. We recommend a guided tour into ...

A White-necked Jacobin chick may use mimicry or camouflage to avoid predators, resembling a caterpillar with fluffy feathers.

Following Pope Francis's death on Easter Monday, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell of the US has been appointed as the interim head of the Vatican. Cardinal Farrell, born in Dublin in 1947 and the ...

A 3-year-old girl from Durango, Mexico, has died from H5N1 Bird Flu, according to the World Health Organization. The child ...

Although the US has the largest number of cardinal electors in the conclave outside of Italy, there has never been an American-born pope. Some of it is political. American cardinals “are often ...

The TOI Correspondent from Washington: Indians are visiting America in greater numbers than ... surpassing China, South Korea, and Japan in recent times. Tourism receipts from Indian visitors ...

VATICAN CITY, April 21 (Reuters) - With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals steeped in tradition that mark the end ...

These footprints were three-toed and didn’t match any previous records of ankylosaurs found in North America ... actually had “a surprisingly bird-like gait” and they lined up their feet ...