Brenda Ralph Lewis

ir t I k- ynWl.-The flint blade of the sacrificial knife flashed in the sunshine as the Aztec priest raised it high in the air. Directly below, a man lay face upwards across a stone altar, held down by his arms and legs by four more priests. Death was only moments away now. The knife plunged down,...

THE POPES INTRODUCTION The Pope in Rome holds the oldest elected office in the world. In the nearly 2,000 years it has existed, the papacy has helped forge the history of Europe, and has also reflected both the best and the worst of that history. Several popes schemed, murdered, bribed, thieved...