The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi ... especially in his Christmas messages. His 1941 and 1942 Christmas messages were both translated and ...

The sedia gestatoria (portable chair) of Pope Pius VII (1800-1823 ... This style was also adopted by John Paul II, during whose pontificate the term “popemobile” became popular.

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

UPI File Photo In 1935, Pope Pius XI canonized Sir Thomas More and ... actor Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Queen Elizabeth II granted the newlyweds the titles of duke and duchess of Sussex.

The first 'official' popemobile was a Mercedes-Benz Nürburg 460 Pullman given to Pope Pius XI in 1930 ... assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II in 1981, it was modified to also act as ...

According to Tatler, the first queen to make use of the exception was reportedly Victoria Eugenia of Spain, during a private conversation with Pope Pius XI in 1923.

thus ending the cover-up written into canon law by Pope Pius XI in 1922. Another consequence of the pontifical secret was the Church’s failure to develop case law jurisprudence over child sexual abuse ...

Since the Papacy of St. John Paul II, the US cable television broadcaster ... As philosopher Slavoj Zizek is fond of noting, Pope Pius VII pulled Napoleon Bonaparte aside in the vestry of Notre ...

I hope it might still evoke a smile or chuckle – or even perhaps a guffaw of laughter. It was the recent selection of a new Pope to head the Roman Catholic church that reminded me of this story. Pope ...