As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

In political terms, he mastered the art of being all things to all ... popes who stand up to secular power: from Gregory VII, who made Emperor Henry IV walk barefoot through the snow at Canossa ...

In first place are the Benedictines, who count 17 Popes: Gregory I, Boniface IV, Adeodatus II, Leo IV, John IX, Leo VII, Stephen IX, Gregory VII, Victor III, Urban II, Paschal II, Gelasius II ...

A Shakespearean quote from the play, "Henry IV," yes, but for Wil Johnson ... who possess extraordinary ability in the sciences, art, education, business, or athletics.” Johnson certainly ...

In September 2025, Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor of Hebrew, a role established by King Henry VIII.

Gregory's latest outing, Three Sisters, Three Queens, treads similar ground both in terms of timeline – the three sisters are Henry VIII's first wife Catherine of Aragon and her sisters-in- law ...

Pope Francis passed died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, bringing his 12-year papacy to an end. His death came nearly a month after he returned from hospital, where he had been treated for ...

This harkens back to the ancient practice of the pope being hailed – and sometimes even elected as in the case of e.g. the famous eleventh-century pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) - by the Roman ...

The first papal assassination, the poisoning and clubbing of Pope John VIII in 882 ... In 1241, Pope Gregory IX’s disagreement with the Roman emperor continued even after the pope’s death.