Days leading to Thanksgiving and the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, I was exploring Portugal and paid homage to Our Lady of Fatima. To be Catholic is to be Marian. But I don’t think reverence to ...

During his Jan. 8 general audience, Pope Francis enjoyed a circus performance that included two animatronic elephants, evoking Pope Leo X’s pet elephant.

Some of the oldest restaurants have been operating for hundreds of years in their original locations, surviving wars, ...

Explore the largest empires in history which not only changed the political and cultural landscape of their eras but also ...

Since the end of the last century, climate awareness has evolved, but the dilemma persists: progress or sustainability.

had just been named chief executive of The Portugal News. As I reminisced about Algarve News in the 1980s, Chris asked if I would write a piece. With pleasure! Peter Barron lives in Spain’s ...

The Velázquez masterpiece, on loan to the Norton Simon Museum from the Prado Museum in Madrid, is loaded with royal intrigue and mystery.

1818: Official reopening of the White House in Washington DC. On the same day, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein; or, The Modern ...

Old money names have an aura of aristocracy and sophistication. These names have stood the test of time and thrived as ...

Alarm over China’s ‘one-sided’ surge in military spending has prompted a regional arms race – and Australia is part of it.

Finally, Leon and Castile pose a danger to Portugal by attempting to divide it between them ... even though it is true that numbers in medieval sources should be treated with caution. Peter II of ...

Sheel Kamal Seidler, the widow of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, has initiated legal proceedings to assert control over the MLB franchise. On Monday, Sheel Seidler filed a lawsuit in a ...