The eventful Avignon Papacy included three different popes ruling at the same time and an Irish king complaining about the ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for humanity, peace and respect for the dignity of all people.

The Avignon popes locked them up in a special convent, the Repenties, set up far from the center of town. Eventually, the establishment became a form of prison for "unruly" women—those who were ...

However, several Bishops who had elected Urban VI began to regret their decision, and moved and elected Clement VII as the ...