Like the other ceremonies and traditions that accompany the advent of a new pope, his newly chosen name will be imbued with ...

The voting to elect a new pope, known as the Conclave, has been going on for centuries and created a whole genre of ...

The secret vote that elected Pope Gregory X lasted from November 1268 to September 1271. It was the first example of a papal ...

Due to a unique set of circumstances at the beginning of the 16th century, a teenage monarch inherited much of Europe, ...

That’s because this smallish Italian city within the shadow of Dolomite peaks was from 1027 until 1801 a prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire — a Germanic ... other Reformers whose theology in ...

US vice president JD Vance has met with Pope Francis. The "quick and private" meeting took place at the Pope's residence, Casa Santa Marta, in Vatican City, sources told Sky News. The meeting came ...

Leaving the everyday behind. Just in time for the first ill-advised but exhilarating outdoor swim of the year, Splash! A Century of Swimming and Style, has opened at the Design Museum in Kensington.

Holy Thursday signifies the day Christians believe Jesus Christ shared supper with his disciples, before being crucified on the cross on Good Friday. It is the last time the more than a century ...

One final Holy week for an over century old church | 28/22 News The patriotic spending spree that risks leaving us all poorer 3 Little-Known Perks of Having a Credit Score of 750 or Higher Trump ...

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” -- or The Lord’s Supper -- with the traditional rite of washing feet to commemorate ...