The death of Pope Clement XIV, is a sample of the mysterious or unexplained, for, in spite of the glosses put forward by the historian of his pontificate, the circumstances attending it are still ...
Many early Popes, such as Pope Clement I and Pope Sixtus II, were martyred for their faith. A turning point came with Emperor Constantine’s Edict of Milan (313 AD), which legalized Christianity ...
The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the English ...