James I is often overlooked in discussions of British Monarchs, his reign overshadowed by the Tudors before him and the ...

One stunning but underrated seaside town, Deal, on the eastern coast of Kent offers breath-taking views of the English ...

Charles craftily lured Henry VIII into alliances, promising the Tudor monarch support ... boasted a court of equal extravagance. The Holy Roman Empire halted the Ottoman advance into Europe at the ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

Catholics suffer from widespread ignorance of important, historical precedents of both female and lay ecclesial leadership.

As we file, Jannik Sinner, the leading Italian tennis player and world No. 1, is playing point for point against the Spanish ...

the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, would carry out the notorious Sack of Rome. At that moment—when he was three and a half years into his pontificate as Pope Clement VII—Giulio was glad of the ...

Scholars have long debated the legitimacy of Leo VIII, who is often considered an antipope—at least during part of his reign. He was the chosen candidate of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I ...

Pope Leo VIII was born in Italy. He was pope from 963 to 965 A.D., though the legitimacy of his election is still debated. He was the 131st pope. Otto I the Holy Roman Emperor pushed for Leo VIII ...