Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm amazed Rome. Pope Francis watches as performers put on a show at his ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Q: Was a letter about five secrets written by Maria Bernarda Soubirous to Pope Leo XIII in 1879 recently found by Father Antoine La Grande? A: News reports ...

(Martin Luther) When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses - 95 stinging rebukes - attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral ...

This article discusses the traces of two Early Modern Arab figures dramatized in The Moor’s Account (2014) by Laila Lalami and Leo Africanus (1992 ... by Spanish pirates and sent as a gift to Pope Leo ...

Pope Leo XIII also viewed the rosary as a vital means to participate in the life of Mary and to find the way to Christ. Meditation on the mysteries of salvation is to lead to conversion of heart and ...

A wooden bowl made from churchyard yew by a Suffolk woodworker called Brian Wooden, was admired by the Pope this month.

A BOWL made from a churchyard yew tree by a local woodturner has been presented to Pope Francis by the Bishop of Norwich, the ...

Visit the homepage for more information. During his years as pope (1878-1903), Leo XIII wrote many significant encyclicals. His 1891 encyclical, On the Condition of Labor, initiated the Church's ...

The picture of the Holy Father with the elephants inevitably evokes the memory of Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, who five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X and ...