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The 8 Worst Popes in Catholic Church History
From murder and bribery to putting a dead pope on trial—these scandalous popes took church corruption to shocking new heights ...
Pope Francis Health Update Given by Vatican After One Week in Hospital
The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...
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Pope Francis spends 7 days battling respiratory infection
Vatican reports Pope Francis showing improvement after week-long hospitalization for pneumonia and respiratory infection.
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The Commentaries of Pope Pius II (1458-1464) and the Crisis of the Fifteenth-Century Papacy
Written in the mid-fifteenth century, Pope Pius II’s Commentaries are the only known autobiography of a reigning pontiff and a fundamental text in the history of Renaissance humanism.
THE WEEK21d
Book of the week: Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy by John Julius Norwich
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The Conversation29d
Pope Francis autobiography: we’ve never known so much about the pontiff before
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 ...