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

From murder and bribery to putting a dead pope on trial—these scandalous popes took church corruption to shocking new heights ...

When Henry VII died in 1509, this popular eighteen-year ... Lord Chancellor. In 1521 Pope Leo X conferred the title of Defender of the Faith on Henry for his book 'Assertio Septem Sacramentorum ...

Leo takes a look today at the new PCSpecialist ... Motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Hero Memory 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3200MHz C16 (4x 8GB) Graphics Card AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB ...

Roots transferred to the Royal Court, London, where in the early years of the English Stage Company, Kay also appeared in Wesker’s The Kitchen and as Pope Leo X in John Osborne’s Luther ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla will make a State Visit to the Holy See in April. It is an historic moment as the Supreme ...

Explore the legacy of the Medici family through its most influential figures, from Cosimo the Elder to Catherine de' Medici.

The pope could wake up tomorrow and allow priests ... great reforming popes like Leo IX and Gregory VII insisted that henceforth the priesthood would be celibate. This decision greatly ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Interestingly, there are historical figures that have also died during sex. For instance, Genghis Khan, the emperor Charlemagne, philosopher Avicenna and Pope Leo VII, artist Raphael and Archbishop of ...

It was in this role that Machiavelli made his name, carrying out diplomatic missions for the republic, including one to Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI ... and some fine comic plays. Popes Leo ...