A version of this essay first appeared in The Swell, Salon's culture newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, for more culture that's made to last. Two years ago, a viral trend tore ...

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Pope Leo XIV reads his speech to officials of the Roman Curia and the College of Cardinals during his annual pre-Christmas meeting with them in the Hall of Blessing above the atrium of St. Peter's ...

Ancient scribes often calculated Christ’s birth as falling in early spring. "A Roman Feast (Saturnalia)" by Roberto Bompiani, currently at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. The ancient empire had ...