While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...

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A new study from the University of Cambridge has uncovered strong evidence that extreme drought played a key role in one of Roman Britain’s most chaotic and devastating events: the “Barbarian ...

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