The bot would be a useful addition at other museums, especially for tourists with short attention spans and long itineraries.

Pope Leo XIV is kicking off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy for the Holy Year. He has encouraged seminarians to be joyful and honest at a special Jubilee meditation.

A Flushing man with a long record of endurance-driven pilgrimages for peace, faith and remembrance is once again receiving ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first general audience in Rome, Pope Leo XIV referred to Vincent van Gogh’s painting “Sower at Sunset” and called it a symbol of hope. A brilliant setting sun illuminates a ...

But the golden age he hearkens to in his office decor is “Le Grand Siècle” (The Great Century) of the French monarchy under King Louis XIV, a.k.a. the guy who built Versailles. Story ...

Rumors of a mysterious prisoner during the reign of King Louis XIV became legend after Alexandre Dumas wrote his famous tale. His true identity remains a subject of speculation.

In 1661 the 23 year-old French king Louis the XIV had been on the throne for 18 years when his chief minister, Cardinal Mazarin, died. Louis is reported to have said to his ministers, “It is now ...

We begin in the mid-1660s, when work began on turning a former hunting pavilion at Versailles into a vast architectural glory fit for the Sun King (it became France’s seat of power in 1682).

When Louis XIV (who was also known as the Sun King) came to power, he became fond of hunting at Versailles just like his father. He loved the property so much that he chose to expand it in 1661.

King Louis XIV (the "Sun King" of France) transformed this rural stretch of Île-de-France into a grand palace in 1682, when he relocated the French government. Yet its role as a royal residence ...