There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...

The death of Clement IV (1268) opened a 33-month period of sede vacante, the longest in history. Once the cardinals were ...

Pope Francis never liked grand titles. He called himself the Bishop of Rome, not the ruler of Vatican City. He carried his own bag, wore simple shoes and asked for prayers more often than he gave bles ...

They certainly could not hold overt positions in the pope’s court unless they were ... paid and for what at the medieval papal court in Avignon, where the papacy was based for most of the ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on medieval history and history of religions continues with a video on the Avignon Papacy ... force the popes to live in Avignon ...

the last pope before Benedict XVI to abdicate and who is buried in the Cathedral of Recanati, in the Marche; Benedict XII and John XXII in Avignon; St. Celestine V (who died in 1294 after ...