When the papacy returned to Rome in 1377 following the Avignon period, Pope Gregory XI chose to reside ... In the 20th century, Pius XI added an art gallery and the monumental entrance to the ...

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

Following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21 and the election of Pope Leo on May 8, many people have wondered where the ...

Matilda of Canossa, the Margravine of Tuscany who militarily and materially made possible Pope Gregory VII’s famous Investiture Controversy slap-down of the future Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV ...

Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Vatican City Pope Leo XIV used his homily ... “fisher of humanity in order to draw it up from the waters of evil ...

Around a quarter of a million people are expected to pack into St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday to watch the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV ... the lines he will draw in the future ...

Will Pope Leo XIV have to file and pay U.S. taxes, despite his strict vow of poverty? Leo is the first American pontiff in history. And U.S. citizens, no matter where they live or who they are ...

Around a quarter of a million people are expected to pack into St Peter's Square in Vatican City on Sunday to watch the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV ... the papacy where we will see the lines he will ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Six hundred years later, Pope Gregory VII forced the brilliant monarch of the Holy Roman Empire, Henry IV, to walk barefoot in the snow for miles before granting him forgiveness at Canossa ...

They include five Raphael frescoes and cover 1,500 years of papal politics and 500 years of art history ... Giulio took the name Clement VII when elected pope himself in 1524, following which ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first public audience with members of the media on May 12, saying the church stood in solidarity with them for "seeking the truth" and calling for imprisoned journalists ...