As the site where Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias first landed in 1488, Mossel Bay is steeped in maritime history. Visit the Dias Museum Complex, which includes a replica of Dias’ caravel ...

In 1488, Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa, and in 1498 his countryman Vasco da Gama repeated the experiment, making it as far as India.

THE Mediterranean question has existed less than three centuries. In classical and mediæval times there could be no Mediterranean problem for the simple reason that there then existed nothing but the ...

Fifteen members of the Columbus Commission of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs were officially sworn in as the city’s newest community leaders April 8. The newly formed commission was first established ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as ...

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. History’s first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated many conservatives with critiques of ...

The pope later spoke from a Capitol balcony, greeting thousands with “buenos dias.” “I spoke this morning to my ... wished ...

The pope later spoke from a Capitol balcony, greeting thousands with “buenos dias.” Love from beyond ... unity of churches Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the leader ...