The second and eldest surviving child of Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI and Elisabeth Christine of ... And there were many battles: Frederick II of Prussia became Maria Theresa’s greatest rival. He ...

Francis II (German: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor from 1792 to 1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria from 1804 to 1835. He assumed the ...

When we last left Frederick II, was crowned Holy Roman Emperor after years of struggle. But this episode dives into Frederick’s fraught relationship with the papacy, his bold diplomacy with ...

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year is proceeding without him ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia ...

A Louisville church will host a special Mass Tuesday morning for Pope Francis, who remains hospitalized from illnesses he's battled for more than two weeks. A Mass of Healing for the Holy Father ...

Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him. "The night passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican ...

Czerny then returns on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Year Mass for volunteers that Francis was supposed to have celebrated. On Friday, The Pope spent 20 minutes in the Gemelli hospital chapel ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia on Saturday as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him on a weekend dedicated to the Catholic Church’s volunteers.

Christie's is proud to present Francis Bacon's Portrait of Man with Glasses III (1963; estimate: £6,000,000-9,000,000) as a major highlight of its 20th/21st Century: London Evening Sale on 5 ...

Francis on Sunday followed the opening day of a weeklong spiritual retreat in the Vatican for Holy See officials by video conference. He could see the officials, but they couldn't see him in the ...

"As our Holy Father Pope Francis is in very, very fragile health, and probably close to death," Dolan said in his homily from the pulpit of St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Dolan later told reporters he ...

Nuns pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Saturday, March 8, 2025, where the Pontiff is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini ...