Today we remember in 1077 the famous midwinter penitential Walk to Canossa by King Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry petitioned...

Today in 1302, we remember how the Italian poet Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence. In exile Date wrote the celebrated work The...

Today in 1506 the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. Why did they arrive? How have their responsibilities...

Today the third and final session of the Council of Trent opened. An ecumenical council as opposed to a local council it would prove ...

Today in 1412 the Medici family agreed to become the official bankers of the papacy, which turbocharged their businesses across Europe. ...

On Jan 10 1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years. This was mainly...

In todays pod we go back to year 1787 and travel to Philippines where in Manila a life-sized image of a dark-skinned, kneeling Jesus...

Today in 1610 the Italian Astronomer Galileo made his first observation of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, which are now named...

On the second of January, 553. Mercurius, a Roman priest from St Clements Basilica, became Pope John II, and was the first pope to adopt...