Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine ...

Once free from Byzantine and Holy Roman imperial controls, from the end of the 11th century forward, a medieval pope held powers far superior to the ones a pope holds today. Not only did he offer ...

Pope Innocent III banned the clergy from wearing them in 1215 – a decree no one seems to have paid attention to, as Pope ...

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At least until the 11th century, some priests had wives and children who were ... They certainly could not hold overt positions in the pope’s court unless they were his mother or sister. Still, ...

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Poor decision-making, along with some untimely ill-luck, have seen Newcastle, Middlesbrough and Sunderland win only three ...

It was introduced into the Roman Catholic Church in the 15th century by Pope Gregory XI, then removed from the calendar by Pope Pius V in the mid 16th century. Pope Sixtus V later reestablished ...

The best of the best separated themselves with their season-long dominance and emphatic victories in their six-game NCAA ...