The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on February 14 for treatment of an illness. Get the latest updates on his ...

By Christopher Lamb, Antonia Mortensen and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis’ condition is “slightly improving” ...

Streets of Rome fill with gossip after latest Pope news - Rumours have taken on a life of their own, fuelled by conspiracy ...

Occasional structural weaknesses aside, Hope: The Autobiography is a landmark moment in the history of the papacy. Revealing, honest and, above all, humble, the book casts an insightful light on ...

Pope Francis’ overall clinical condition is “improving slightly” and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the ...

At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground ... XVI broke 600 years of tradition and resigned from the papacy in 2013. Benedict’s aides have attributed the decision ...

Henry, the second son of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, was born on 28 June 1491 at Greenwich Palace. After the death of his elder brother Arthur in 1502, Henry became heir to the English ...

He had already written about her in Life: My Story Through History, published just last ... some of the themes that have come to define his papacy: a rejection of an inbred church that exists ...

Alexander III dies: A History of Scotland ... The Scottish Church, directed by Bishop Lamberton, appealed directly to the papacy (the equivalent of the UN in medieval Christendom) and seemed ...

History tells us that Urban II ... most deserving prince at the papal court started when the popes moved to Avignon and continued after the papacy moved back to Rome. The prince received the rose from ...