Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals are meeting in the Sistine Chapel to elect his successor. DW ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas ... Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned ...

The framework for them began when Nicholas II promulgated the papal bull In Nomine Domini ... in one of the main ecclesiastical buildings near where the Pope had died. This was the best way to avoid ...

At this point, Tsar Nicholas II was in no rush to pursue peace ... who had been sentenced to death in Indonesia for involvement in a covert operation during the Eisenhower administration. Meanwhile, ...

The 532 election, following the death of Boniface II ... under the reforms of Pope Nicholas II. The idea of confining cardinals to hasten decision-making began in the 13th century — the term ...

As the lives of the Tsar and his family hung in the balance, King George V of England weighed family ties against politics.

A judge on Thursday handed down a 45-year prison sentence for one of the two people who took plea deals in connection with the rock-throwing death of Alexa Bartell. Nicholas "Mitch" Karol-Chik ...

Dr. Nicholas "Nick" Sebastian Aberle II, a beloved father, esteemed surgeon, and devoted man of faith, passed away in Shawnee, Kan., due to a heart condition. Born on December 11, 1979 ...

“I’m climbing up the leash as I’m somersaulting, and I could have died. Now I have a young kid, I don’t know if I want to do it anymore,” he admitted. In the psychological ...

1978/79: Pope John Paul I died on September 28, 1978, and Nottingham Forest went on to win the European Cup. 2004/05: Pope John Paul II died on April 2, 2005, and Liverpool won the Champions League.

Nicholas "Mitch" James Karol-Chik pleaded guilty last May in Alexa Bartell's death in an agreement reached with the prosecution. Karol-Chik pleaded guilty to his role in a series of rock-throwing ...