Caligula proved a popular choice as emperor, both in Rome and in the provinces ... he was popular with the Roman troops: many fondly remembered the pint-sized, uniformed child who, from the ...

Two weeks after his surprise election as pontiff, Pope Francis carried out the Maundy Thursday ritual of washing and kissing ...

One unnamed English priest was even reported to have likened him to the Roman emperor Caligula, fulminating ... rather than the customary papal robes. In response, Esquire magazine named ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, has died at the age of 88, following a long asthmatic respiratory crisis, ...