A short time ago we remembered the trials of Jesus before the Sanhedrin of the Jewish leaders (Luke 22:66-71), King Herod (Luke 23:6-11), and repeatedly before the governor Pontius Pilate (Luke ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

A guide to history’s most unusual Conclaves - as the next papal election begins - The history of papal elections features some surprising incidents ...

Pope Francis passed died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, bringing his 12-year papacy to an end. His death came nearly a month after he returned from hospital, where he had been treated for ...

“From my perspective as a mentor, what stood out most about Ahmed’s dissertation was his commitment to addressing a socially stigmatized condition and amplifying the voices of a marginalized ...

We first examined John’s leadership. You may remember that Eusebius stated in his “Ecclesiastical History” that, except for John, all the apostles were martyred for their leadership and ...

"At this, everyone, as if moved by a single divine inspiration, eagerly and wholeheartedly called out that Fabian was worthy," according to Eusebius, a Church historian of the era. In the early Church ...

The list of Roman bishops in the writings of St Irenaeus, Julius Africanus, St Hippolytus, and Eusebius as well as the Liberian catalogue of 354, place the name of Linus directly after that of St ...

Pope Francis is a historical figure, the first Pope from Latin America and the first member of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit) to sit on the throne of Peter. He breathed his last after struggling for ...