Here are some facts about conclaves past, derived from historical studies including Miles Pattenden's “Electing the Pope in Early Modern Italy, 1450–1700,” and interviews with experts including Elena ...
Most internal promotions don’t get this much attention. Most job selection processes don’t have centuries of history behind them — and few, if any, have a special name. But then, most job selections ...
St. Gregory the Great, a central figure of the medieval Western Church and one of the most admired popes in history, is commemorated in the ordinary form of the Roman Catholic liturgy. He was the ...