Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

When preeminent British historian John Julius Norwich tells us in the introduction to his sweeping history of the Catholic papacy that his job is to give us “a straightforward single-volume history” ...

John Julius Norwich's very readable and rewarding "Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy" is authored by a self-professed Protestant agnostic, is reviewed here by another lapsed Protestant, and ...

You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. By Charles Lewis, National Post In Monty Python’s The Life of Brian, a parody of the life of Jesus, the ...

O what a gift John Julius Norwich “would gie us,” had he written a 500-page history of the popes over the past 150 years, rather than about most of them over the past 2,000 years. Norwich is fun: He ...

Why are we asking this now? Because after 240 years of rule, Nepal has abolished its monarchy – the last Hindu monarchy in the world. King Gyanendra woke up yesterday as a divine ruler, but ended it ...