It was used as a wax seal in private letters in place of the official lead seal used for solemn papal documents. In 1842, use of the ring and wax seal were replaced by a stamp, but each pope still ...

NBC 10's Gene Valicenti talks with medieval scholar Joëlle Rollo-Koster of the University of Rhode Island about the election of Pope Leo XIV. Cardinal Robert Prevost is a Chicago-born missionary ...

Unaware of what awaits them in each wax-sealed envelope, only one competitor can become the victorious owner of His Royal Task-ness’ golden head and be crowned the next Taskmaster Champion.” ...

LEWES, Del. (WBFF) — A young gray seal pup named Andromeda has quite the tale to tell after her recent escapade. The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute, Inc. (MERR ...

Pope Francis’ formal apartment in the Vatican has been sealed, as part of the ritual declaring a “sede vacante” or vacant see - the period between the death of one pope and the election of ...

A red ribbon and wax seal was also placed on the door of the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace, as well as the Chapel of Santa Marta, where he had lived. In images shared by the Vatican on ...

So last week, a group of researchers who were studying a set of medieval books published their ... books - they probably didn't know what a seal was. KELLY: These monks lived in Clairvaux.