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…
This is one truly pathetic attempt to rob a 7-11 Store. Chatting with the clerk while waiting for all the customers to leave, the 23-year-old displayed a 6-inch tomahawk and told the clerk to put money in his backpack. When another customer entered the store, the would-be robber handed the tomahawk to the clerk to make it appear as if he was just showing it to him. He left the store without any loot and was arrested at his home a short time later.
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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