Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Jean-Paul Gusching, former Bishop of Verdun in eastern France, after a Vatican probe ...

In a statement issued Nov. 4, the apostolic nunciature in France said it had received “information concerning relationships ...

Pope Leo XIV pressured a French bishop to step down over his “relationships with women”, according to the Vatican, with the ...

The Battle of Verdun, a massive German onslaught in northeastern France meant to gain a decisive final victory on the Western Front in World War I, began on this day in history, Feb. 21, 1916. It is ...

The 10 photographs seen here all bear the same basic place and date information: Verdun, 1916. But that information hardly does justice to the battle they depict. Fighting began at Verdun, named for ...

There is no quick route by which one may approach Verdun. No superhighway passes through this sleepy town, nor do any of France’s fabled “Trains de Grande Vitesse” stop here. There is only the local ...

“Neither in France nor in Germany, up to the present moment, has the whole story of the battle been told, describing its vicissitudes, and following step by step the development of the stirring drama.

The Battle of Verdun began in February 1916, and lasted ten months. It was the lengthiest battle during World War I, claiming around 700,000 dead, wounded, or missing soldiers. The multiplayer ...

A decision to remove the Battle of Verdun, the longest of the First World War, from the French national school curriculum, has provoked outrage among conservative politicians. Verdun was fought on the ...