I am absolutely convinced that without Pope John Paul II, German reunification would not have been possible,” Martin Rothweiler told CNA Deutsch.

Like many other young women living in communist East Germany, Solveig Leo thought nothing about juggling work and motherhood.

Archaeologists and students digging in Blätterhöhle cave uncovered a 9,000-year-old fireplace (above), flint arrowheads and a bone harpoon. Photo from LWL-AfW Olpe / Michael Baales ...