the story of a scholarly woman in the ninth century who was said to have become the Pope. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss a story that circulated widely in the middle ages about a highly ...

a decade after shocking the world by becoming the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign. “It is with great sadness that I learned today that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has passed away ...

Next year, it will be less certain." - Thrives on contact - Former pope Benedict XVI in 2013 became the first since the ...