Sinead O’Connor, who has tragically passed away at the age of 56, was embroiled in multiple controversies throughout her lifetime, but at the root of many of her most memorable public moments was her difficult relationship with religion.
The legendary Irish singer, who spoke of her personal connection to the holy spirit, was raised a Catholic, but caused outrage by ripping up a picture of the Pope on Saturday Night Live in October 1992, as a statement against sexual abuse
Russell Crowes neuester Blockbuster The Pope’s Exorcist war ein riesiger kommerzieller Hit.
Das Budget für den Film betrug 18 Millionen US-Dollar, und seitdem hat er an den Kinokassen satte 54
One of the most significant acts of the papacy of Benedict XVI, who died on New Year’s Eve, at the age of ninety-five, was, his obituaries seem to agree, his stepping down from it, in February, 2013. And rightly so: the first papal resignation in nearly six hundred years was a momentous act. It diminished the monarchic qualities of the papacy, making it more akin to an elective office with a limited term of service. It set a precedent for
In August 1939, as he was finalizing plans for the invasion of Poland, Adolf Hitler was also engaged in negotiations with Pope Pius XII so delicate that not even the German ambassador to the Holy See knew about them. The existence of these talks was a secret the Vatican was eager to maintain long after Pius XII’s death—as it did for eight decades. The 12-volume compilation of the Holy See’s documents on the Second World War, completed in 1981,
