Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Meanwhile, socialists—staunchly anti-clerical—mocked the encyclical’s appeal for “friendship” between social classes. Further reading: Too many people are suffering Still, Leo XIII’s ...

This daily plague, which had gone on for years with only occasional interruptions, suddenly came to an end (at least for now) for some mysterious reason in mid-2007 (theories include a visit to the ...

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