THE WEEK8y
The misleading myth of the 'Middle Ages'
But the Middle Ages was actually an enormously momentous ... to ward off kings doing just that, the pope handed a significant measure of control over the clergy to many kings, turning bishops ...
Pope Francis and the Angelus Prayer: A Moment of Reflection
A harsh climate and the Angelus prayer. Tomorrow, Sunday, December 22, Pope Francis will gather with the faithful to lead the ...
Greek Reporter6d
How the Fourth Crusade Against Constantinople Changed History
The Fourth Crusade left three terrible legacies: a deepening religious split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency1y
Pope Benedict XVI, who went from Hitler Youth to advancing Catholic-Jewish relations, dies at 95
a decade after shocking the world by becoming the first pope since the Middle Ages to resign. “It is with great sadness that I learned today that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has passed away ...
National Review9y
As ISIS Corners Christians in the Middle East, Pope Francis Needs to Change His Priorities
Pope Francis has indeed spoken many times of the persecution of the Christians of the Middle East. On his recent visit to Latin America, he even acknowledged that “a form of genocide is taking ...
Cambridge University Press11mon
The Symbolism of Marriage in Early Christianity and the Latin Middle Ages
In the Middle Ages everyone, it seems, entered into some form of marriage. Nuns - and even some monks - married the bridegroom Christ. Bishops married their sees. The popes, as vicars of Christ, ...