A Pro-bull Papal Bull: When the Pope Banned Bullfighting

Did you know? The Church has long championed animal rights. In fact, a pope banned bullfighting 🐂, with excommunication as the punishment!

When the Pope Banned Slavery in the Americas

Nearly 500 years ago, the Pope banned and punished anyone enslaving Native Americans with excommunication.

The Medieval Catholic Death Chant That Inspired Star Wars, Frozen, and...

This medieval Latin Catholic hymn meant to conjure feelings of death and despair inspired the musical scores for Star Wars, Frozen, The Lion King, The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Groundhog Day, The Shining, and more!

When the Church Banned (Then Unbanned) ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa...

Why did the Church ban (then unban) Jimmy Boyd's famous Christmas-time song?

Pope Francis: Domestic Abuse Is “Satanic”

In an Italian TV special, Pope Francis sat down with four people living realities that 'invisible' to society.

When the Vatican Had an Executioner

Nicknamed Mastro Titta, he was the longest-serving executioner in the Papal States and executed over 500 people.

The True Meaning of Christmas: Every Catholic Needs to Watch This...

His sermon on the True Meaning of Christmas is fitting for an increasingly secular Western world that eschews the spiritual for the material.

This One-Word Ancient Prayer Was Spoken in Jesus’ Language

Appearing in the Bible just one time, this simple prayer was spoken in Aramaic is said to be the 'ideal Christian mantra.'

A Lullaby for the Massacre of the Innocents: The Medieval Christmas...

The Coventry Carol is a Christmas carol, meant to be a lullaby sung by the mothers of the doomed children slain in the Massacre of the Innocents.

Why Medieval Composers Called This Sound ”The Devil in Music”

For hundreds of years after a Benedictine monk invented modern musical notation, the Devil was said to exist in THIS musical tone.