Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope ... medieval factions — those faithful to the papacy and those supporting the Holy Roman Empire ...

The election of Niccolo Sfondrati as Pope Gregory XIV, 1590 An etching of a plan of the conclave that opened in October 1590 following the death of Urban VII is ... Museum of Art and Google ...

In the early medieval period, monastic abbesses came ... the Margravine of Tuscany who militarily and materially made possible Pope Gregory VII’s famous Investiture Controversy slap-down of ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope ... medieval factions — those faithful to the papacy and those supporting the Holy Roman Empire ...

In the 13th century, it took almost three years — 1,006 days to be exact — to choose Pope ... medieval factions — those faithful to the papacy and those supporting the Holy Roman Empire ...

This harkens back to the ancient practice of the pope being hailed – and sometimes even elected as in the case of e.g. the famous eleventh-century pope Gregory VII (1073-1085) - by the Roman ...