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The Vatican is reproducing copies of the investigations of the trial of the Knights Templar, almost 700 years after they were suppressed by papal edict. The trial into the alleged misdeeds of the ...
It’s one for the books. The century-old Lynbrook Public Library on Long Island has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places thanks to its famed architect and fascinating ...
Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican secretary for relations with states and international organizations, and Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s minister of foreign affairs, had a phone call on Friday in ...
Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from ...
A Falls Church, Va., public library moved a pro-Palestinian alphabet book to a different location in its kids’ section this week following a review of the book by library staff. After the Mary ...
The Navy late Friday provided the list of 381 books that were taken out of its library after a Trump executive order.
WASHINGTON — Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 ...
Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St Peter's Square at the Vatican in a wheelchair to ...
Sue Roe's new book details how while on holiday with his wife, Picasso installed his mistress in a beach hut - then took up with another! But then came… After Amy Griffin narrowly lost a school ...
Bending Journey of Discovery When Dan Brown published "The Da Vinci Code" in 2003, he forever changed the landscape of religious thrillers, blending historical mysteries, art symbolism, and spiritual ...
“Authority,” a new collection of reviews and essays by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Andrea Long Chu, showcases her smarts, humor and contempt. By Charles Finch The nominees for the ...
The Vatican Library in partnership with Texas Instruments has begun the use of computer chips known as radio frequency identification tags (RFID) in the library's collection of 1.6 million volumes in ...