Rising white smoke, Latin oaths and a sealed door: the papal ‘election’ is extremely codified,…
Tag: Italy
History of the papacy is riddled with bizarre stories and odd characters: after all, it…
The Venetian lagoon is surely one of the most majestic places in Europe. A hundred…
When London authorities discovered the feverish body of a homeless man, in a derelict warehouse…
At first glance, nothing distinguishes the village of Ponte a Ema from any other Italian…
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