Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match the imaginations of Pope Leo X. The four-year-old animal, having endured a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...

Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93. Pope Francis became the pope of the Roman Catholic Church on March 13 ...