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Pope wants to simplify papal funeral rites, be buried outside Vatican
Reuters via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoVATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis, who has shunned much of the Vatican's pomp and privilege, has...
The keeper of the Vatican’s secrets is retiring. Here’s what he wants you to know
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoThe Vatican has been trying for years to debunk the idea that its vaunted secret archives are all...
Medieval Europe was far from democratic, but that didn’t mean tyrants got a free pass
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 3 months agoMedieval Europeans thought about politics in terms of leadership and often criticized rulers for...
A Statue of a Sex Worker Is a Top Attraction in This German City
The Daily Beast via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoGettyUnder the darkness of night while the people of Konstanz, Germany, slept, a 29.5-foot-tall...
Famous birthdays for Feb. 2: Christie Brinkley, Ellie Bamber
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoChristie Brinkley and her son Jack watch Casper Ruud of Norway against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in...
Irish referendum: how the Catholic church shaped Ireland’s constitution to define the status of...
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 5 months agoIt has been 87 years since feminist and activist Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington declared that the new 1937 Irish constitution was based on a “fascist model, in which women would be relegated to permanent ...