This video traces the origins of the First Crusade, from Pope Urban II’s call at Clermont to the brutal conquest of Jerusalem, examining why it happened, why it was not defensive, and how a spiritual ...

On November 27, 1095, in the south-central French town of Clermont, 53-year-old Pope Urban II addressed a large gathering of churchmen, knights and lords, and local residents and gave what is ...

This may be what you think: John Paul II was the conservative Pope. His pontificate was marked by a resurgent Roman Catholic traditionalism, setting the church against liberalizing forces of all kinds ...