Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...

Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, was one of the most important popes, and his positive legacy is still felt today ...

Celestine’s successor, Pope Boniface VIII, did not like the idea of an ex-pope even if the retired pope wanted to live in solitude. Boniface imprisoned Celestine, who died 10 months later.

Romeo (Jamie Ward) is not favored by his father, Lord Montague (Jason Isaacs). His father prefers Mercutio (Nicholas Podany), ...

It was not until 1298—24 years after Gregory X promulgated the Ubi periculum—that Pope Boniface VIII incorporated it into canon law, establishing it as the standard process for papal elections. Thus, ...

The first Jubilee in Western Christianity was in 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed a Jubilee year to encourage pilgrims to journey to Rome. According to the chronicles of the day ...

His father, count of Tusculum, Galeria, Palestrina, and Arce, was the brother of Pope John XIX and nephew of Benedict VIII, while his mother was the ... made pacts with some prominent figures like ...

The first Jubilee in Western Christianity was in 1300, when Pope Boniface VIII proclaimed a Jubilee year to encourage pilgrims to journey to Rome. According to the chronicles of the day ...

feuded with Pope Boniface VIII over who wielded more power. Philip engineered the removal of the papacy from Rome to Avignon, where it stayed for the next 67 years. The papacy never fully ...

Witness Pope Boniface VIII’s bull Unum Sanctum which held that the Pope was supreme, even over Kings, Princes and nations of the world. Certainly, we have not seen such a promulgation in our times.