"Let us learn to live with kindness, to love everyone, even when they do not love us." - Pope Francis. (1936-2025) #PopeFrancis Pope Francis

Pope Francis' coffin has been entombed. The Pope's final resting place is the Basilica of St. Mary Major in central Rome. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets to watch as his coffin was brought from the Vatican to the Basilica. The Pope is the first in over a

Pope Francis was buried in the side aisle of the Basilica of St Mary Major, between the Pauline Chapel, where his beloved icon of Our Lady ‘Salus Populi Romani’ is located, and the Sforza Chapel. The Pope's burial rite was preceded by the singing of four psalms and accompanied

Ahead of the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, our Yeoman Warders share their personal reflections on remembrance and what the #TowerPoppies commemorative display means to them 🌺 The Tower Remembers 🏰 📆 6 May - 11 Nov 2025 ➡️ bit.ly/TowerRemembers…

The throne of St. Peter is empty. The man who tried to heal a broken Church is gone. And on May 7th, behind locked doors, his successors will cast their votes. No cameras. No speeches. Just silence, prayer... and power.

📸 VE Day 1945 ➡ #VEDay80 2025

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope! The Cardinals gathered in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel have elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Pope, who took the name Pope Leo XIV.

The Bull of the Acceptance of the Roman Pontiff and the name he assumed, that of Leo XIV, drawn up by the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations acting as notary

84 years ago, on the night of May 10, 1941, Westminster Abbey suffered its worst bomb damage of the Second World War. Flames were sent some 40 feet into the London sky. Fire watchers who heroically protected the Abbey and whose hard work and vigilance helped to ensure that on the

#AnneBoleyn’s life in signatures ✒️

Susan Bordo on Anne Boleyn's shapeshifting legacy: "In cutting her life so short and then ruthlessly disposing of the body of evidence of her “real” existence, Henry made it possible for her to live a hundred different lives, forever."

#OTD 1536. #KingHenryVIII became betrothed to #JaneSeymour at Hampton Court, less than 24 hours after his second wife #AnneBoleyn had been executed. #History #Onthisday #Tudors

#otd in 1553 Lady Jane Grey married Lord Guildford Dudley at Durham House in a lavish triple wedding. Catherine Grey was matched with Henry Herbert and Katherine Dudley was also matched with Henry Hastings. #History #Tudors #OnThisDay #OTD #ladyjanegrey

Remembering Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, who was burned at the stake #Onthis day In 1431, in Rouen, France at the age of 19.

20 years ago today, I released a song that bought me this house. Whoever thought a song about being high as a kite on drugs, stalking someone else’s girlfriend would resonate quite so much? Thank you. You guys are beautiful.

Celebrating the first day of #June with the June page from the 15th century Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The scene is one of harvesting, men and women working in the fields next to the Seine. Behind is the Palais de la Cite and on the right the tower of Sainte Chapelle.

As if this portrait couldn't be anymore mysterious. Here is another one by Eworth which depicts Mary portraying her humanist education c.1555.

It is the Feast of David the Dendrite who got so weary of ceaseless chatter he went to live in an almond tree.

Today we remember the 52 people who were killed, the people who were injured and affected, the heroes who helped and those who lost loved ones because of the terrible events twenty years ago on the 7th of July 2005 in London. #LondonBombings #NeverForget #7July