Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

The Pope refused to annul the marriage as he was afraid to go against the will of Catherine's nephew Charles V, The Holy Roman Emperor. Although she resisted Henry VIII's advances, by 1533 Anne ...

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

The Church honors Jeanne d’Arc as a virgin martyr and national patroness, whose courage, purity and fortitude continue to ...

One stunning but underrated seaside town, Deal, on the eastern coast of Kent offers breath-taking views of the English ...

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish ...

Urban VII holds the record for the shortest reign in Church ... Damasus II reigned for 24 days in 1048. Appointed by Holy Roman Emperor Henry III, he died of malaria soon after taking office. Born as ...

Pope Leo VIII was born in Italy. He was pope from 963 to 965 A.D., though the legitimacy of his election is still debated. He was the 131st pope. Otto I the Holy Roman Emperor pushed for Leo VIII ...

York is one of England’s most famous medieval cities, with its cobbled streets and wobbly buildings. Originally a small ...

An appointee of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, Leo VIII's pontificate occurred after the period known as the saeculum obscurum or the dark century. Leo IX (Pope from 1048-1054) Leo IX crisscrossed ...