Before their marriage in 1533, Henry VIII’s controversial romance with Anne Boleyn was fueled by intimate love letters. Only the correspondence from Henry VIII’s perspective exists today and ...

While the Catholic Church follows the Gregorian calendar, introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, the Orthodox Church primarily adheres to the Julian calendar, established during the Roman Empire.

The Prefecture of the Papal Household announced Aug 26 that the Pope’s general audience next Wednesday would take place “with the presence of the faithful.” It said that audiences would be held in the ...

In the year 1085, Pope Gregory VII, an important church reforming figure, was exiled in Salerno, Italy, as a result of disputes with the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. Gregory died that year, and his ...