The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an ...

A 19th century engraving of a scene in Claremont, France shows Pope Urban II standing behind the priest Peter the Hermit who is encouraging men to go on a Crusade In the medieval period ...

Pope Paul VI led the way by repudiating the ... It perfected this crime against humanity during the Crusades, the Inquisition and the priest-inspired pogroms that led to the Holocaust.

The book’s publishers say Francis wished for Hope to come out after his death, but brought it forward for the current Catholic jubilee year and the “needs of our times”. Once intrigued by Argentine ...

THE Vatican denied Turkish charges yesterday that Pope Francis displayed a “crusades” mentality by recognising the Ottoman-era genocide of Armenians. During a three-day visit to Armenia, the Pope said ...