Years ago while on a business trip to Europe, I visited Versailles, the storied palace monument to French King Louis XIV. It is magnificent, filled with excess of a former age, over the top but ...

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

Rising star Théodore Pellerin (“Nino,” “Beau Is Afraid,” “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”) will star opposite Félix Kysyl ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday received a pair of lambs to be blessed for the feast day of the Roman virgin and martyr St. Agnes — ...

Ahead of the Jan. 7-8 gathering, four cardinals each prepared a paper for the internal use of the cardinals taking part in ...

Monday’s meeting was significant, representing Leo XIV’s first clear, personal outreach to a leading traditional community ...

The president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM) has described the first official audience between Pope Leo XIV and the leadership of the Church in Africa as a ...

“The drip is now holy,” says the Filipino-American designer, who managed to gift his Holiness with a Rhude letterman jacket ...

In Sèvres, history is hidden even beneath the city streets... During Heritage Days on September 19 and 20, 2026, explore the ...

Saturday’s set of five suites from a remarkable and almost completely unknown manuscript containing chamber music renditions ...

France's flamboyant King Henry III was known for keeping male companions referred to as "les mignons," a.k.a "the dainty ones ...