Pic: AP Pope Francis distinguished himself from his predecessors by rejecting wealth and embracing those living in poverty, explained James Kelly, an associate professor in the history of ...

(Alessandra Tarantino / AP) VATICAN CITY ... their respects to history’s first Latin American pontiff. The cardinals met Tuesday in the Vatican’s synod hall to chart the next steps before ...

AP reporters and photographers chronicled the Nazis' historic defeat 80 years ago this week. Allied forces brought World War ...

Scientists in Australia have identified the oldest known fossil footprints of a reptile-like animal on a slab of sandstone ...

From the St. Peter’s Basilica to his native Chicago to his diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, Catholic faithful around the world greeted the ... photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

The vast majority of Advanced Placement exams this May will be digital. The exams in English, history, social sciences and ...

HALBE, Germany (AP) — In a forest near Berlin ... as the soldiers who died in one of the last large battles of World War II fighting for Adolf Hitler’s army got their final resting place.

From the St. Peter’s Basilica to his native Chicago to his diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, Catholic faithful around the world greeted the election of Robert Prevost as the new pope. Prevost ...

Several others, like AP U.S. History (the kids call that one APUSH) AP European History, AP World History, and AP English Language and Composition — run three hours and fifteen minutes because ...

REIMS, France (AP) — When Allied forces brought World War II in Europe and the Holocaust to an end 80 years ago this week, AP reporters and photographers were there, chronicling the Nazis ...