(Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) I’m a historian of the medieval papacy and editor of the forthcoming three volumes of the ...

Papal elections aren't always as dramatic as "Conclave," a new film starring Ralph Fiennes, but the history behind the process is.

On one of men’s college basketball’s biggest regular-season stages, Kentucky coaching made a decisive difference as the No.

Events that occurred this week in Christian history include the death of St. Gregory of Tours, Pope Boniface VIII issuing a ...

Gary Krupp, a former Pius XII skeptic who started researching the pope's history with Jews at the request of Jewish and Catholic leaders, recounts this anecdote from a letter written by a Jewish ...

The death toll from 14 months of war in Sudan is much higher than previously reported, according to a new study. The London ...

It wasn't an easy decision, but when Mark Pope decided to return to coach his alma mater, he took on all the pressure of UK ...

In 1743, Pope Benedict XIV awarded the title exclusively ... Rappler.com Liam Temple is a Capuchin fellow in the history of Catholicism at Durham University. The article was originally published ...

History was made on Nov. 5, when Francis, the first Jesuit pope, visited the Gregorian University, the oldest and largest ...

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Accessible worldwide at virtual.basilicasanpietro.va, the free interactive platform allows anyone in the world to “visit” the ...

For the 12th consecutive year, Pope Francis visited a Roman cemetery November 2. This year, he prayed for parents facing ...