The Cadaver Synod: When a Pope Put His Dead Predecessor on Trial
— April 13, 2026In the dead of winter 897, inside Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, one…
Severe stomach cramps brought a woman to a hospital in Thailand. After an examination, she was found to have 199 nails in her stomach. Some of the nails were as long as three inches and were well-rusted. That certainly explains the cramps, but doesn’t explain why she would want to eat mails in the first place.
In the dead of winter 897, inside Rome’s Basilica of St. John Lateran, one…
Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
In the summer of 1587, 115 English men, women, and children stepped ashore on…
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