Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

The picture of the Holy Father with the elephants inevitably evokes the memory of Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, who five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X and ...

When a pope dies, the cardinal camerlengo – the chief Vatican administrator – verifies the death and takes possession of the ...

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Dialogue, listening and the power of prayer are key to forging Christian unity, Catholic experts told OSV News. Christians ...

The decoration of the Salone was abandoned in 1521 just a year after it began, after Pope Leo X died unexpectedly from pneumonia, and 57 years later Allori was commissioned to finally complete it.

In 1645, Pope Innocent X elevated the college to a university ... for its exceptional loyalty in defending Manila against the British invasion. In 1902, Pope Leo XIII declared the University of Santo ...

But as Tom Campbell, the director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and an esteemed tapestry expert, pointed out in a recent talk about the Pavia tapestries, the medium was transformed when ...

The early years of the Renaissance were turbulent in Europe. Few places were safe from the political power struggles that ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

When Pope Pius X became leader of the Catholic Church ... They were just facing the choir and the soloists,” said Leo Vaccaro, who teaches history at St. Joe’s Prep. “This was an Italian pope, and he ...

Syracuse men's lacrosse will open the 2025 season at the JMA Wireless Dome on February 1 against Jacksonville.