The Joachite dual-antichrist theory was immensely popular during the Middle Ages, and the anxieties that were raised over the possibility of a pope being equated with the False Prophet of the ...

Shroud, new study: there is blood of a man tortured and killed Published in a US scientific journal new findings by Cnr and University of Padua. Electron Microscopy to analyze a pristine fiber: found ...

Many complaints about Pope Francis: he would not have the good look of John XXIII, indeed his glances frosty; he would not have the subtle reasoning and prudence of Paul VI, indeed his “exits” put in ...

Vatileaks, the Vatican “expense report” for the Orlandi kidnapping The Italian newspapersRepubblica andCorriere della Sera publish a document that appears drafted as “fake”, reporting almost half a ...

Heralds of the Gospel, the founder leaves while the Vatican investigates João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, 77, Superior General resigns but continues to be "father” of the institute. The Congregation for ...

"Never be afraid of tenderness" In this exclusive interview, Pope Francis speaks about Christmas, hunger in the world, the suffering of children, the reform of the Roman Curia, women cardinals, the ...

Church and racial laws: from the words of Pius XI to those of Schuster Eighty years ago the persecutory fascist legislation that struck the Jews. There were no official convictions, the strongest ...

• Interior, handling political policing: arrests, interrogations, torture. • Economy, imposing taxes and fines on everything—from merchants and small business owners to displaced families pitching a ...

Extraordinary Jubilee: Last one was declared by John Paul II, the one before that by Pius XI The Extraordinary Jubilee promulgated by Francis will be the 65th in history. The first was announced by ...

The meeting at the Vatican in 1963 sparked the thaw of the communist East ...

The Tears Returning to 2nd February 1995, it was at 4:20 pm that the five year old Jessica Gregori first witnessed tears of blood streaming from the left eye down to the heart of the Madonna in the ...

All in all, 135 DJs will take the stage—including 35 Italians and 16 locals from Turin. The lineup is so stacked that the idea of a single “main stage” has been tossed out altogether. Each of the six ...