Matthew Lockwood's new book shows how the events of the 1770s had reverberations far beyond American shores.

Chung Min Lee reveals Kim Jong Un for what he is: A dictator who will use any methods available to stay on top.

Matt Malone, S.J., remembered Father O’Hare as a “towering figure in the history of America magazine…insightful, warm and friendly, a world-class raconteur with a spellbinding Irish charm.”

A new look at one of Catholicism's most popular saints.

Emmanuel Macron not only wants to “reform” France but to “transform” it.

'The Two Popes' tells a detailed story of the relationship between Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. But does it have all the facts right?

In 'Barnum: An American Life,' Robert Wilson, editor of The American Scholar, shows how P. T. Barnum morphed into (as he styled himself) “The Children’s Friend.”

The lunar landing was the seminal event of a decade that began with promise and ended with sorrow.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton, as he became known, was a firm believer of religious liberty and an American Catholic pioneer, but his toleration of slavery was a failure of the greatest magnitude.

“That’s what I want, a pleasure trip to Ireland,” said the president. It proved to be the stop Kennedy needed after tense, Cold War–era conferences in other European capitals.