Minor Papal Penitentiaries of Dacia, their Lives and Careers in Context (1263 - 1408) by Eldbjørg Haug

“…The hypothesis in this article is that the Scandinavian papal penitentiaries were intermediates between a geographic periphery of Christendom and the papacy, and contributed to a further centralisation of the universal church. …”
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Symposium on the 2015 Synod of Bishops on the Family--Conscience and the Synod: An Evolving Quaestio Disputata by James T. Bretzke

“…Clearly in the Franciscan papacy, the energy has again shifted to an emphasis on conscience, whereas the previous two pontificates emphasized the teaching of the Magisterium. …”
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Visions of order and apocalypse: text and image in thirteenth-century Vercelli by Shurville, J

“…Eusebio, with its dynamic intellectual community and strong links to the papacy. In this thesis I argue for the significance of complex images as a means of communicating innovative theological thought and papal ideology in the period 1185‒1307, reflected in the distinctive composition of the Rotoli figurati.…”

Crossing the Threshold of Hope into the Media Culture by Margaret J. Obrovac

“…Atheism is now the fastest growing “religious” group in the United States; the new evangelization decisively shaped the conclave that elected Jorge Bergoglio to the papacy. Twenty years ago, in Crossing the Threshold of Hope, John Paul II reflected pastorally on some of the philosophical, spiritual, and cultural roots of both. …”
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Selezione dei vescovi e qualità del governo episcopale in Italia centro-settentrionale nel Trecento: alcune note di ricerca by Fabrizio Pagnoni

“…Bishops; 14th century; Papacy; episcopal government; dioceses; episcopal appointments. …”
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Image et réalité : la mythologisation française de la Démocratie chrétienne de l’après-guerre by Piotr H. Kosicki

“…The Christian Democracy was accused in France of wanting to restore the Holy Empire or to act so that all Europe is controlled by the papacy. It is to underestimate the importance of the personnalisme in the Christian Democrat thought, to minimize the differences between the parties of inspiration Christian Democrat of France, Italy and Germany, to overestimate the role of the « Nouvelles Equipes Internationales ». …”
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Coincidencias sin acuerdo. Los primeros contactos entre el gobierno argentino y la Santa Sede en el proceso de construcción de la iglesia nacional (1851-1860) by Ignacio Martínez

“…This paper studies the role played by the Papacy in the Argentinean catholic church building process. …”
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La riflessione di Pietro da Ancarano tra gli anni 1405 – 1409: dalla via cessionis al concilium generale utriusque partis by Michela Guidi

“…The case study offers the possibility of highlighting the relationship between legal production and the failure of the negotiations between the contenders to the papacy and to explore the role of Ancarano in planning phase of the council.…”
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Il cardinale-militare nel Quattrocento e il problema della “doppia-obbedienza” by Marco Casciotta

“…The aim of this essay is to analyse a specific figure, the so-called cardinal-warriors, who played a crucial role in the 15th century papacy’s temporal policy. Frequently, these cardinal-warriors were in charge of the armies. …”
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Politics of a church at war: Maronite Catholicism in the Lebanese Civil War by Henley, ADM

“…Analysing the internal politics of the church as a microcosm of the community's struggle, the study examines in detail a threefold relationship between the patriarchate, the papacy, and the monastic orders.…”

The Justice Legacy of Populorum Progressio: A Jesuit Case Study by Kevin Ahern

“…Finally, this paper concludes by briefly examining the legacy of Paul’s integral model in the papacy of Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope, who both develops and expands the model offered by Populorum Progressio.…”
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La cattedrale romanica di Reggio Emilia: il ruolo dei vescovi e dei Canossa by Giorgio Milanesi

“…In the light of the new data, we wonder if Matilda of Canossa, or her mother Beatrice, as local Lords and as a kind of armed wing of the so-called reformed papacy, about the choice of images too, had a special role in the construction of the cathedral of Reggio Emilia.…”
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Le Sacré Collège en villégiature : le palais d’un cardinal au temps de la papauté avignonnaise by Bernard Sournia, Jean-Louis Vayssettes

“…During the Avignon papacy, Villeneuve-lès-Avignon was a place of summer retreat for the cardinals. …”
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Alfonso I y Alfonso VII : del condado al reino de Portugal. Jurisdicción, pacto y fronteras en el contexto del imperio leonés by Ángel Gordo Molina

“…The relations between the county of Portugal and the kingdom of Leon in second half of century XII can solely be understood in the context of borders between both territories, the type of leonine indirect dominion, but always marking effective jurisdiction, the relations of kinship between the daughters and the grandsons of Alfonso VI of Leon, and Roman papacy in the exercise of auctoritas. This communication gives a new point of view to the consolidation of the kingdom of Portugal, within the scope of the Imperium legionense, and of the definitive separation and independence of the lusitan territory from the leonese Crown.…”
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Shifting sensibilities? Changes in the symbolism and the appeal of the Crusades after the end of Outremer (Fourteenth century) by Simone Lombardo

“…These movements had however completely disengaged themselves from the Papacy in granting indulgences and from the earthly Jerusalem. …”
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Roman Catholic Teaching on International Debt: Toward a New Methodology for Catholic Social Ethics and Moral Theology by M. Therese Lysaught

“…Largely unknown in U.S. parishes, this important legacy of the papacy of John Paul II and the work of the church in the world at the end of the twentieth century has also received scant attention within the literature of Catholic moral theology. …”
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The Cistercian monastery of S. Martino al Monte in the 13th century through papal documents: first considerations on the relations with the Roman curia by Isabella Aurora

“…Martino al Monte, located near Viterbo (Lazio), and focuses on its relations with the papacy and the papal curia during the 13th century. …”
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La papauté de Paul IV à travers les sources diplomatiques romaines et vénitiennes by Daniele Santarelli

“…Centrally located, in every sense of the term, in the European and Mediterranean history of the 16th century, the papacy of Paul IV is marked by decisive political and ecclesiastical choices : the war against Charles V and Philip II, the inquisitorial offensive against the powerful party of the spirituals (spirituali), as well as a thorough reform of the methods of appointment to ecclesiastical benefices which anticipates the “centralism” of the pontiffs of the post-Tridentine age. …”
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Una representación de la crisis de la unión dinástica: los cargos diplomáticos en Roma de Francisco de Rojas y Antonio de Acuña (1501-1507) by Alessandro Serio

“…Giving account of the interest recently arisen on the relationships among the Monarquía Católica and the Papacy in Early Modern period, it has been our intention to look at the first moments of these relationships, going back to the years past the Dinastic Union (1469) and looking for elements that could express their complexity. …”
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Cum populo et non cum milicia. Un inedito frammento di statuti piacentini (metà secolo XIII) by Maddalena Moglia

“…In this respect, it will be worth to take into account the clash between the milites and the Popolo of Piacenza, the fight against the Papacy and the Empire, and finally the lordship of Oberto Pelavicino, who controlled the city from 1253 to 1266. this paper will also provide a picture of the political support he received from the Popolo of Piacenza and the resulting relationship between them. …”
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