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Follow the Vatican’s journey to appoint the next direct successor of Saint Peter

Matt Elton Can you briefly explain the papal conclave, and who’s involved? Rebecca Rist It’s based on the system instituted by Pope Gregory X in the 13th century. After the death of a pontiff, members

Few objects in the long history of the Catholic church stir the imagination quite like the fabled sedia stercoraria. With a name that roughly translates as ‘dung chair’, the myth of the so-called papa

I “I’M TICKED,” SAYS JOHN PREVOST, THE RETIRED Midwestern high school principal who is now, abruptly and without warning, globally famous and in demand. “I didn’t want to be, but I’m so angry.” He’s s

FOUNDATIONS ROME BEFORE ROME The legends that ...

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...