Venice isn’t just dealing with too many visitors. It also has major issues from depopulation, and rising sea levels. But some locals won’t stop trying to change things for the better as they battle to ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

At the heart of Venice’s globally renowned St. Mark's Square sits Biblioteca Marciana, a library filled with the ghosts of a ...

Pope Francis once quipped that his successor might take the name of John XXIV. Aveline is known for his folksy, easy-going nature, his readiness to crack jokes, and his ideological proximity to ...