Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor ...

Much of the building was destroyed - but the remaining house and foundations are still standing - and you can still see it to ...

Pope Gregory I, known as Gregory the Great, was one of the most important popes, and his positive legacy is still felt today ...

The inauguration mass for the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church took place in St. Peter's Square on Sunday, May 18 ...

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Not since the 14th century have the Holy See and the world’s most powerful secular government been led simultaneously by ...

Thursday, May 15, 2025 | 2 a.m. The president recently joked that he wanted to be the next pope. Remember, he also joked about being a dictator on “Day 1.” That turned out not to be a joke.

King Henry VIII is synonymous with his six wives and his break from the Catholic Church, but he also had a number of ...

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Henry VIII, who founded the Church of England along with the professorship, intended it for Anglican churchmen to teach Hebrew in the Anglican tradition. That idea lasted until recently.

We’re in a bucolic Essex marsh in 1536. Anna is wiping herself down after a romp against a tree with her wealthy (and betrothed) lover Richard. But then news arrives from London (it’s taken three days ...