Cardinals are chosen by the Holy Father to serve as his principal assistants and advisers in the central administration of church affairs. Collectively, they form the College of Cardinals ...

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

As the Bishop of Rome he is the head of the Latin or Roman rite. This is by far the largest rite in the Church. It was founded by St. Peter in Rome around 42 A.D.

UNESCO World Heritage CentreFrom 500 BCE on, the Roman Empire extended its territory across parts of Europe and North Africa until its frontier totaled some 7,500 kilometres by the 2nd century. The ...

The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, by T.R.S. Broughton, with the assistance of Marcia L. Patterson, in 1379 bookmarked and searchable pdf pages, covering the 6th through 1st centuries B.C. in ...