A Roman slave girl in ancient Gaul, Blandine endured torture, lions and scorn to bear witness to Christ — and became a pillar ...

I am deeply convinced that history is calling on us now. Just like back in 1989, when the winds of change swept through ...

As pope, Leo XIV has focused clearly on peace policy, swiftly addressing the Ukraine and Gaza wars. He thus joins the ...

LEGACY: Despite its disintegration, the Holy Roman Empire left an indelible mark on Europe.

Donald Trump’s destruction of America’s 249-year-old constitutional republic and civic culture follows a historically familiar pattern that includes two especially striking precedents — one ancient, ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

Later that same century, Pope St. Leo III crowned Charlemagne the first Holy Roman Emperor ... to confront the incursions of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, culminating in the decisive victory ...

when the Byzantine empress Irene — saint of the Greek Orthodox Church — offered it to Charlemagne, the king of the Franks, who was the first emperor (800–814) of what was later called the Holy Roman ...