Pope Joan

When the Internet was first launched, it was only available on a few computers at a few research institutions. Over the last 50 years, internet access has expanded to cover more institutions and more computers. Eventually, it was available in our homes and even in our pockets. Re ...  Show more

Few figures in American history embody resistance and resilience quite like Geronimo. A leader of the Apache who defied both Mexican and U.S. forces, his name became synonymous with courage and defiance. But beyond the myths lies a complex story of survival, conflict, and cultura ...  Show more

Pope Paul VI was in charge of the Catholic Church in a tumultuous time. Communists are locking up Catholic priests, the Vietnam War is raging on, and free love is in full swing. Does he modernise and change with the time? Or does he batten the hatches and stick to the status quo? ...  Show more

Giovanni de' Medici was a shrewd strategist who became pope before the age of 40. As a cardinal, he ended the Medicis’ exile in Florence, returning the dynasty to their seat of power. As pope, he would nearly bankrupt the Vatican — and upend the Christian world. Learn more about ...  Show more

A Pope of great renown once reigned during chaotic years for the medieval Church: she was an extraordinary figure, from a time when women were forbidden from even becoming priests - indeed she is History’s only female Pope. But did this “Popess" really exist, and if so, who was t ...  Show more

Robert of Geneva was elected Pope Clement VII on 20th September, 1378. Inconveniently, there was already a pope: Urban VI. Cue three decades of confusion and division, as citizens and nations had to choose which pope to support - the one in Rome, or the one Avignon - the situatio ...  Show more