Five People Born on April 18
Today is April 18, 2010 and the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 257 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 978 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1783, the American Revolution comes to an end - exactly eight years from the day it started. Here are five people born on this day. Read more...
Five Very Naughty Popes
So Pope Benedict XVI has been in the news lately for losing paperwork that would have defrocked a child-molesting priest. The American priest in question has been accused of raping hundreds of deaf boys and the Pope may have looked the other way when it came to a conviction. While no one would think the priest’s behavior it tolerable, some are calling for Pope Benedict to resign his office. This has never happened in the history of the Catholic Church. In fact, if it is true, this is minor compared to what some popes have done. Being Palm Sunday, here is a list of five very naughty Popes that have held the keys of Catholicism: Read more...
Categories: Crime and Punishment, History Tags: Borgia, crimes of the church, de'Medici, naughty popes, pope alexander VI, pope benedict, Pope Benedict IX, pope clement VII, Pope John XII, Popes, vatican
