Today in 1913, Russian troops stormed the St Panteleimon Monastery on Mount Athos and deported about 80 Russian monks, Six months earlier...

Today in 1902 the famous Campanile or Bell Tower in St Mark's Square, collapsed, demolishing the loggetta beneath it. No one was injured...

The Body of Canon law is historically continuous from the early church to the present, and such can claim to be the oldest functioning...