Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

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Commentators have already noted that the last Pope Leo (XIII) was known for his devotion to social justice and the Virgin ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

We often imagine the Middle Ages as a nonstop bloodbath – but was it really that violent? In this video, we question the ...

“Two longitudinal pieces – palmellars or saws – fixed with iron nails are also preserved,” the statement continued. “This ...

The SA Medieval Fair has been running for more than 30 years. It features jousting, horseback archery and swordplay in a celebration of the Middle Ages. Similar medieval fairs have been increasing ...

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Rare’s the author who invents her own literary language, but Jo Harkin has accomplished just that. Her dazzling, jocular novel “The Pretender” recounts the journey of one John Collan, from ...

They’d already uncovered ruins of an air raid shelter, old fish market and 18th century citadel — but the medieval ship that ... Although wood is a historically common shipbuilding material ...