The rise and fall of Cola di Rienzi (christened Nicolas di Lorenzo by his parents but brought up at Anagni, about sixty-five kilometres from Rome - past home also of Pope Boniface VIII, whose ...

I HAVE proved comprehensively during this series that all of Scotland’s cities had ancient fortifications, early religious institutions and ...

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 significance of a papal name lies in its symbolic power and the message it sends about a new pope’s intentions ... such as Alexander VI or Boniface VIII, whose papacies were marked by corruption ...

and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII. In the early days of Catholicism, popes simply used their baptismal name, and some pontiffs had names that sound somewhat irreverent today ...

and eight Bonifaces but no Pope Boniface VII. John and Gregory are the most common names among the popes. In its more than 2,000 years of existence, the Catholic Church has had 265 pontiffs across ...

From St. Peter to Pope Francis, the history of the papacy in the Catholic Church spans more than two thousand years. The pope is considered the successor of St. Peter, the first bishop of Rome ...

Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested while protesting a newly opened detention facility. Federal prosecutors accuse him of trespassing after he was denied entry. Pope Leo XIV's voting history sparks ...

Habemus Papam! The Vatican has chosen the successor to Pope Francis, who passed away on April 21 at the age of 88. After four rounds of voting, the 133 cardinals convened for the Conclave reached ...

The United Kingdom has arrested eight men, including seven Iranian nationals, as part of two investigations regarding alleged threats to national security. London’s Metropolitan Police confirmed ...