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Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, dies at 88; check out the top 10 longest-serving popes in history
The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis's death after almost 12 years of service. Saint Peter is historically known as the ...
Who’s a Carthaginian? Genetic Study Revises Ancestry of Rome’s Ancient Nemesis
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...
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Cats Came Bearing Gods: Religion and Trade Shaped the Rise of the Domestic Cat in Europe
By the Viking Age, cats with a new genetic haplogroup, IV-D, show up in York, Orkney, and even Galway, Ireland. The Norse ...
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Easter offers an extremely relevant anti-tyrannical political message | Opinion
If it seems that we are more Roman than Christian these days, it can help to recall that the hero of Easter is Jesus and not ...
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The Story of the Last Greek Pope in Rome
The Byzantine Papacy was actually a rather long period of more than two centuries when the popes in Rome were strongly influenced by the Byzantine Empire. It lasted from ... Zachary established the ...
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Pope Francis, first Latin American pontiff who ministered with a charming, humble style, dies at 88
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism ...
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From Buenos Aires to Rome: Key dates in the life of Pope Francis
• Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of five children to Mario Jose Bergoglio, an accountant from Italy, and Regina María Sívori, the daughter ...