Monarch butterflies only lay their eggs on milkweed, which has a chemical structure that makes the caterpillars that eat it taste bitter and discourages most predators from eating them. There are six ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican, ...

But Mexico’s suitable monarch overwintering habitat could shift south as the climate changes in decades to come, researchers report February 25 in PLOS Climate. That could lengthen an already arduous ...

When most people think of the Spanish Inquisition, they typically think of torture (or Monty Python), and for good reason. Between 1478 and 1834, Catholic monarchs in Spain and Spanish territories ...

The Old Dominion Monarchs men's basketball are finding their rhythm as the regular season winds down. Jordan Battle capped his final home appearance with a dominant 27-point performance, leading ODU ...

The Vatican Bank launched two new equity benchmarks on Tuesday that pick investments based on Catholic principles. The indexes, titled the Morningstar IOR Eurozone Catholic Principles and the ...

A traditionalist group of Catholic priests that has been at odds with the Vatican for decades threatened a full schism with Rome this weekend, saying it plans to consecrate bishops without approval ...

The Counter-Reformation was the Catholic Church’s well-thought out and intentional response to the Protestant Reformation. After Martin Luther and several other critics of the church rose to challenge ...

This Pew Research Center analysis looks at reasons why people identify as Catholic or switch out of Catholicism. It is part of a broader report that focuses on patterns in religious switching in the ...

Amid the eucalyptus groves at Natural Bridges State Beach in Santa Cruz, local bug enthusiast Sasha Hernandez squinted through the draping green leaves, searching for flashes of black and orange — the ...

Scientists need winter monarch sightings because many butterflies stay in the Deep South instead of migrating to Mexico. MOVERS is urging residents across seven Southeastern states to report adults, ...