Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence and her mother was Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, cousin of Francis I, King of France. Catherine's mother died when she was two-weeks-old and her father soon ...

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Here are some of the most inspiring quotes from Pope Francis in his new encyclical “Dilexit Nos” on the divine and human love of the heart of Jesus Christ. Cardinal Francis Prevost said the ...

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“The Sultan of Suave,” “Couture Conquistador,” and “Guru of Glamour” are but three of the complimentary monikers Oscar de la Renta answered to in the course of his long and starry caree ...