"Napoleon met an obstinate opponent to some of his pretensions in Pope Plus VII ... and stormed as he paced the polished floor, while Pius VII, sat in a large eagle-studded chair, attentive ...

8. Napoleon crowned Joséphine Empress himself. The coronation took place at Notre-Dame cathedral on December 2, 1804, in the ...

As Secretary of State his achievements have been less spectacular than those of such predecessors as Cardinal Consalvi who wangled a concordat from Napoleon for Pope Pius VII or even Cardinal ...

Bangkok: Pope Francis' visit to Southeast ... Captured by French forces in Rome in 1809, Pius VII had been captive for three years when the French emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, ordered him moved ...

Also known as the Institute for the Works of Religion, the Vatican Bank is a private bank located in Vatican City founded by Pope Pius XII in 1942. Over the decades, the bank has been at the ...

To play the Waterloo Interactive Battle Simulator, you must first choose whether to play as Napoleon (French side) or as Wellington (Allied side). The computer will play as your opponent.

Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic. The Israeli consul, Pinchas E.

Pius XIII is in a coma. And after an unpredictable and mysterious turn of events, the Secretary of State Voiello succeeds in the enterprise of having Sir John Brannox, a moderate English aristocrat, ...

An American named Lenny Belardo becomes pope, Pius XIII, and shocks the Vatican with his reforms and public relations strategies. He chooses the nun who raised him, Sister Mary, as his closest adviser ...

As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III.

Main Street: Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai goes to jail—and Pope Francis says nothing. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark Kelly ...