Senator Loren Legarda on Wednesday reaffirmed the importance of Philippine literature in shaping national identity and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and ...

The Vatican said Francis died of a cerebral stroke that put him into a coma and led to irreversible heart failure.

Pope Francis brought a breath of fresh air into a 2,000-year-old institution that had seen its influence wane during the ...

Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

As Saturday marks 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride, an exhibit at UM's Clements Library sheds light on Revere, other ...

Vargas Llosa agreed that when Spanish inquisitors set about suppressing the novel in their new colonies, they were targeting ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis in March 2013, his election was considered unexpected. At 76, he was older ...

Every generation deserves an artist like Janelle Monáe: an out-of-the box creative who challenges both the mainstream and the underground to keep up with her futuristic vision. With her third ...

TWO documentaries came my way this week as we celebrate the Day of Valor—Araw ng Kagitingan, which ironically, remembers the surrender of the American and the Filipino forces to the Japanese in the ...