their court a center of moral decadence (though Petrarch’s celebrated picture of it is almost certainly overdrawn). The attempt at the Council of Constance (1414–18) to make the papacy ...

By law, a pope possesses supreme executive, legislative and judicial authority in the Catholic Church, meaning there simply ...

The Roman basilica of St. John Lateran marks the 1,700th anniversary of its dedication on Saturday, Nov. 9. It’s a feast day ...

Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas Cromwell broke with the papacy, thus creating the possibility ... English was to be the only language of the courts of Wales, and those using the Welsh language ...

Albert had little need to persuade Victoria that her Court, its recent past tarnished ... She was hostile toward the Papacy, and feared Roman Catholic inroads in Britain as threatening disequilibrium.

ANALYSIS: The two world leaders have clashed on migration but could find common ground on a push for a negotiated peace in ...

In the courts of New York and of England ... and, Mr. Guthrie goes on to explain, the Papacy and the Mexican Hierarchy refrain from asking for it, not because it is unlawful and unreasonable ...

Photograph by Roger-Viollet, Cordon Press Bas-Relief of Joan The court bailiff of Rouen ... with the help and support of the papacy. This was as much a political act as a religious act, a way ...

Henry VIII and his advisor Thomas Cromwell broke with the Papacy, thus creating the possibility ... English was to be the only language of the courts of Wales, and those using the Welsh language ...

When Matthew LaBanca was fired by the Brooklyn Diocese in 2021 for marrying his same-sex partner, he lost two jobs, health ...

“An expensive, fancy court gift was perfumed gloves ... s affair was instrumental in eventually granting her brother the ...