Unlike many sports, eventing is focused on individual competition, meaning there aren’t many opportunities for young ...

This was the liturgy celebrated for the 400-some years that spanned from just after the Council of Trent in the 16th century until the reforms following Vatican Council II (1962-65). I did not pray at ...

Usually, popes live in the papal apartments at the Apostolic Palace. Pope Leo may buck tradition like Pope Francis. Photos show the spacious quarters.

Pope Urban VII reigned for 12 days, Pope Marcellus II came in at 22 days, and Pope Leo XI at 27 days. More recently, Pope John I lasted in the top job for just 33 days when he died of a heart ...

He was said to be imperious and hot-tempered and liked to dress up in armour and lead troops up and down Italy, engaging in battles to extend the reach of the church’s territory. But Julius II ...

Pope Urban VII reigned for 12 days, Pope Marcellus II came in at 22 days, and Pope Leo XI at 27 days. More recently, Pope John I lasted in the top job for just 33 days when he died of a heart ...

To decorate the chapel's ceiling, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the man for the job, being tapped by Pope Julius II (who was Sixtus IV nephew and pope from 1503 to 1531) to do so.

Sixtus IV consecrated the chapel in 1483, and a later pope, Julius II, entrusted the work of decorating the chapel ceiling to Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni.

Despite being known as a controversial figure due to various records of nepotism and reflections of corruption in the Renaissance era, he supported the development of art and education, including the ...