One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church ... In the latter part of the Middle Ages, the pope, as head of the church, had a huge influence over ...

Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion writer. To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the ...

Originally founded a century ago, the Swiss Catholic Women’s Federation was established to preserve Catholic life in families ...

Explore how Nazi ideology appropriated ancient Greece and Plato's philosophy, distorting them to fit their racial and ...

In June 1982, the BBC reported on the death of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, whose body was found in central London.

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

COMMENTARY: The evolution of the fiddleback chasuble offers a glimpse into how function and fashion shaped liturgical ...

The lords, in turn, often submitted to the authority of the Church, which helped them maintain control over their subjects. Medieval society was mainly shaped by the teachings of the Catholic Church.

Within the Catholic Church, traditionalists and some canon ... had authority by the late Middle Ages over at least 78 priories—all of them mixed male-and-female communities, with women having ...

The Kremlin, on the other hand, is reticent to meet a fellow Orthodox nation in the heart of the Catholic Church ... beg to differ — since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned ...