King Charles's recent visit to the Vatican may appear to be simply a symbolic gesture of ecumenical goodwill. But moments ...

For centuries, the Catholic Church straddled the world of medieval Europe. Every king ... England and launched a systematic persecution of Protestants. At her death in 1558, her half-sister ...

Henry VIII was brought up as a devout Catholic ... across Europe, a new religious belief system was emerging: Protestantism, led by people like John Calvin and Martin Luther. The Protestant ...