Mithridates was a Greco-Persian king, who left his mark in history for his war against the Romans and for developing immunity ...

Today the cardinals decide when the Conclave will be convened – The conservatives, the modernizers, and the ritual of the ...

On March 13, 2013, Francis succeeded Pope Benedict XVI, who was the first pope to retire in six centuries. Francis became the ...

VATICAN CITY — As many as 200,000 people are expected to attend Pope Francis’ funeral in St. Peter’s Square as he is being ...

Caesar’s death provided an open throne, which his adopted son Octavian was more than happy to seize by force, marking the beginning of the empire. The late Roman Republic is a textbook example ...

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With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals ...

Polymarket gives the highest chance of becoming the next pope to one of the compromise candidates between progressives and ...

Formosus was elected as pope on October 6, 891 CE, during a particularly turbulent time for the papacy, and political ...

These pallbearers are a remnant of the papal sediari, who once carried the pope on a throne at public appearances ... grandeur bequeathed by centuries of Roman Catholic tradition.

As he headed to Rome, reporters aboard Air Force One asked President Trump why he felt it was important to go to Pope Francis' funeral.

Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, whose warm, humble, no-nonsense manner galvanized the Roman Catholic Church and drew widespread admiration from outsiders almost from the moment of ...