Section of the Guardian website devoted to Pope Benedict XVI. Contains news and opinion articles, videos, and links to other useful websites.

This site from the University of Toronto gives the full text of several of Alexander Pope's poems, including "The Rape of the Lock."

[Free Registration/Login Required] Lesson in which students use primary source art and text to determine what happened at a meeting between Attila the Hun and Pope Leo. Includes lesson plan, PowerPoint and original documents.

Read this fascinating information about Pope, the leader of the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. Learn how he was able to unite several tribes of Pueblo Indians who did not even speak the same language into a force that was able to push out the...

This site contains information about the religious leader from San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico. Pope organized and led the most successful Indian uprising in the history of the American West. He created the conditions for a...

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts presents photo galleries for seven photographers. Each artist's gallery includes biographical information, quotations, information about artistic style and technique, and other relevant strands of the...

The full text of Pope Innocent III's call for yet another crusade. The actual words of the Pope during the year 1215.

An audio slideshow narrated by NY Times correspondent Laurie Goodstein, in April 2005, about the life of Joseph Ratzinger and how he came to be elected Pope Benedict XVI. Discusses the pope's early life in Germany and how he was shaped...

A long and detailed document from the Vatican that discusses the significance of Fatima. It includes the Pope's statements concerning Fatima.

Online essay concerning the battle between Galileo and the Catholic Church over the issue of heliocentrism, or, whether the sun or the earth is at the center of the universe.

This site from The History Place provides a good selection of historical and relatively modern speeches from many English-speaking countries. Each speech is set up in its historic context. Many are available with audio links.

Learn about the life and religious work of Jorge Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis in March 2013.

The full text of An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope available in multiple formats.

In Spanish. Article reports on the recent canonization of two prior Popes by the current Pope Francis.

This is an English full-text translation of the papal encyclical issued by Pope Pius XII on April 8, 1952 to a group of Italian artists.

This is a 24-page PDF of The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope.

From the Holy See (the church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome), this resource provided comprehensive information about Pope Francis, including a biography, an album of photographs, and many of his writings.

Read about the resistance in 1680 by the New Mexico Pueblo Indians who resisted the Spanish attempts to subjugate them. Find out about the leader, El Pope, who was able to lead the resistance for ten years.

Includes links to primary documents of the Protestant reformation. Links to essays and a photo gallery. Some links to sites in German.

Homily on the Vigil of Pentecost from Pope John Paul II. (10 June 2000)

This a two-page PDF of the article "The Rhetorical Organization of the Neoclassical Couplet."

Read the testimony of a Pueblo Indian, captured by the Spanish after the Revolt of 1680, giving his ideas of why the Indians attacked the Spanish and destroyed the images of Christianity they found.

At this site read about Mother Teresa (1910-1997 CE), the 1979 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the charitable works through which she helped the poor of Calcutta. This website includes texts of original documents and speeches, a...

At this site from The Nobel Foundation you can learn about Lars Olof Nathan (Jonathan) Soderblom (1866-1931 CE), the 1930 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech,"...