It was in this month in 1865 the Civil War was largely ended, and the long painful task of rebuilding the nation began. It was on April 9, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses Grant. On April 14, ...

After the Civil War ended in 1865, recently freed persons flocked to Washington, D.C. for work and educational opportunities.

In his first general audience, which was held this morning in St. Peter's Square in the presence of 15,000 people, the Pope again gave ... times of the First World War. He was a true and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at ... saying the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. Blessed María del Monte Carmelo ...

Pope Francis has said that same-sex couples should be protected by civil union laws in some of ... A spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is a devout Catholic ...