For example, the 686 election of Pope Conon is described in “The Book of Pontiffs,” a medieval collection ... savage ...
I'm a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the Cambridge History of the Papacy. So ...
An illustration from a medieval French manuscript depicts the Polo brothers’ meeting with Kublai Khan. Credit: Bibliothèque ...
As Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby had considerable gifts. In the end, however, he did little to arrest the Church of ...
Accessible worldwide at virtual.basilicasanpietro.va, the free interactive platform allows anyone in the world to “visit” the ...
Situated on the outskirts of ancient Rome along the still-visible Aurelian Walls is the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran, the ...
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, also called Borametz and Polypodium Borametz, or “Chinese polypody,” is a plant shaped like a ...
The Vatican’s Synod on Synodality was nothing like papal gatherings of cinematic lore, but it clearly reflects Francis’s view ...
In the film “Conclave,” the costume designer Lisy Christl clothed an army of catty cardinals, from their miters down to their ...
Pope Francis on Nov. 9 appointed Father Roberto Pasolini, OFM Cap, as the new preacher of the Papal Household, replacing ...