Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II and was a junior ...

Pope Leo XIV's father, Louis Marius Prevost, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Prevost Snr. was born on July 28, ...

According to the Department of Defense, Prevost became the executive officer of a tank landing ship and “participated in the D-Day landings ... landing troops on Normandy beaches that ...

Aged 99, D-Day veteran Ken Cooke has outlived almost every comrade but refuses to be called a hero. To mark the 80th ...

The village, part of 'the Scottish Riviera', was a key site ahead of one of the most infamous World War II moments.

A decorated veteran who saw action in Afghanistan and Iraq is playing a crucial role in bringing a party of D-Day heroes back ...

The ferry from Portsmouth to Caen is the most atmospheric way to visit the D-Day battlefields, if not always the most ...

If you’ve ever visited Normandy, where the American-led ... capped by weeks of amphibious landings along the English ...

On the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s defeat, echoes of tyrannies past shake a continent that is trying to find its ...

Peter Kent reflects on the horrors of Normandy as leaders and young people share tributes outside Westminster Abbey.