Centuries ago, Pope Gregory VII forced King Henry IV to kneel barefoot in the snow, symbolizing the Church’s triumph over the state. Now imagine Pope Leo XIV, in a suit, standing before the U.S.

Centuries ago, Pope Gregory VII forced King Henry IV to kneel barefoot in the snow, symbolizing the Church’s triumph over the state. Now imagine Pope Leo XIV, in a suit, standing before the U.S ...

GENAZZANO, Italy (AP) — A new photo of Leo XIV stands by frescoes representing past papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two ...

According to Koller, it’s no surprise that Jews never made the cut before. Henry VIII, who founded the Church of England along with the professorship, intended it for Anglican churchmen to teach ...

Six hundred years later, Pope Gregory VII forced the brilliant monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry IV, to walk barefoot in the snow for miles before granting him forgiveness at Canossa ...

Pope Innocent IV in 1244 later united all the disparate communities in ... were canons regular — priests who followed St. Augustine’s rule — and one, Gregory VIII, was a member of the Norbertine order ...

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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.

The Vatican officially became the permanent papal seat in 1377. This was after Pope Gregory XI moved the papacy back to Rome from Avignon, France, where it had been located for nearly 70 years.