Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit – or these men’s consciences – will ...

to an Italian town with a connection to a Medieval pope who called it quits. Last week, one Italian paper reported on what it dubbed an “‘Operation Biden’” to Convince the Pope to Quit ...

(THE CONVERSATION) I’m a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming ... Clement VII. Two popes, two courts and two “obediences” divided Europe. The crisis, which lasted from ...

The Egyptians treated them with reverence and adoration having, first domesticated them 4,000 years ago. Since then the small, carnivorous mammals have played a major part in religion, folklore, art, ...