In the Persian Gulf region, Arab leaders have for millennia presided over a unique social tradition known as the majlis, ...

Arriving soon to the Shops of Oakwood is Swoon Books & Wine, a romance bookstore and wine bar, billed as “a place to shamelessly indulge in what brings you joy”. Co-owned by CMS Certified Sommelier ...

“No sane man would want the papacy,” a cardinal tells Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) at the start of “Conclave”, a new film. Perhaps that is why so many popes have been so ma ...

Djem became a friend of Cesare Borgia. Oronoz/Album The Borgia Apartment at the Vatican was created during the papacy of Alexander VI (r. 1492–1503). Its rooms were painted by Pinturicchio ...

The museum showing the artwork is housed in Palazzo Barberini, built during Urban VIII's papacy by Bernini and fellow baroque architect Carlo Maderno, and which remained in family hands until ...

The extended period of time was undoubtedly caused initially by the conflict between French King Philip IV and the papacy. This led to the so-called Avignon Papacy, a period of 67 years (1309-1376 ...