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popes: The World in Time: Dark to Light Historian Paul Collins talks with Lewis Lapham about his book, The Birth of the West: Rome, Germany, France and the Creation of Europe in the Tenth Century.; Stepping Aside 2013: When Pope Benedict XVI announced he intended to resign, he claimed his “strengths due to an advanced age are...; Peace! I’m Out 2013: Catholics around the world were shocked by the sudden announcement that Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger in...; Dead, Again 2013: When Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian detention center in November 2009, it was, by all accounts, the final...; The Vision Thing c. 1095 / Europe; Trial by Fire by Anthony Grafton; Hemmed In 2012: A recent rise in hemlines of skirts worn by North Korean women has led some to wonder if loosening...; Lost and Found 2012: The German babywiege, or “baby box,” is making a comeback in Western Europe. A hatch attached to hospitals and...; In Good Company 2012: At a recent gala fundraiser hosted by Prince Albert of Monaco, former President Bill Clinton, currently on a fundraising-related...; Axis of Evil 1484 / Rome; Sei Shōnagon & Roman Catholic Church Casting Out the Spirits