Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine ...

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Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne that linked Jesus with the church abuse scandal ...

The Crusades, the Inquisition, the Blood Libel, and Pogroms shaped centuries of Jewish persecution in Christian Europe. While ...

Germany’s Catholic Church has sharply criticized a carnival float made for a big street parade in the western city of Cologne ...

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After the Catholic Church became the dominant power in Rome ... But like the Romans or the British during the late Middle Ages, Valentine's Day is a sign of the times for modern-day Americans ...

After the Catholic Church became the dominant power in Rome ... But like the Romans or the British during the late Middle ...