With his canonisation imminent, pilgrims have been rushing to see the preserved body of British-born Carlo ... In Christian theology, John the Baptist foretold the coming of Christ.

At 9:30 one morning last week, Pope John XXIII, walking briskly ... and absolute ruler of the largest religious body in Christianity, was left alone with his princes. Thus began the secret ...

To spend some time, she and her cohorts in the carriage sang a few of the war songs so popular those days, among them, "John Brown's Body," which contained the provocative words, "John Brown's ...