Pope Leo XIV is being pushed by Western powers to mediate an end to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It’s a responsibility that the pontiff is eager to take on and Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

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One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church ... In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head of the church, had a huge influence over ...

The historic links between Guinness' St. James’s Gate in Dublin and the Catholic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, in ...

Stigmas that developed in the Middle Ages, which Dr Pattenden is currently researching, are also relevant to today. He says the Roman Catholic Church has "stigmatised different forms of sexual ...

It would be a bit inelegant for Orthodox countries to use a Catholic platform to discuss ... The Vatican would beg to differ — since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as ...