Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope talks to the media after the Wildcats’ 74-69 loss to the Vanderbilt Commodores on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025, at Memorial Gym in Nashville, Tennessee. UK ...

Who was responsible for one of history's great unsolved murders?

Presented by Professor Susannah Lipscomb. The researcher is Alice Smith, audio editor is Amy Haddow and the producer is Rob ...

With the inauguration of Donald Trump, Pope Francis is concerned about the policies being implemented in the United States.

At the Vatican Basilica, the opening of the Holy Door was first documented on Christmas of 1499, when Pope Alexander VI ordered the Holy Door to be opened not only at St. John Lateran but also at ...

Among them was a man known as “the Devil Pope.” This is Pope Alexander VI, the patriarch of one of the most notorious families in Europe – the Borgias.

Some of the earlier popes, especially in the Borgia-heavy Renaissance era, were notably corrupt and secular — see Pope Alexander VI, who lived in wealth and openly doted on his children with ...

Modern scholars may question St. Dominic’s role in the Rosary, but historical evidence offers a compelling case.

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

Passetto di Borgo, Rome’s historic papal escape route, reopened after years of restoration. Here's how to visit it.

In 1071, Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Thomas of Bayeux, Archbishop of York, put the question to Pope Alexander II, who decided that ... in 1119 but was finally settled by Pope Innocent VI ...

Among other treasures from the Archive, sometimes shown to VIP visitors, are letters from King Henry VIII of England to Anne Boleyn, his future wife and correspondence between Lucrezia Borgia and her ...