the moment when the chamberlain discreetly approaches the unconscious pontiff to hit him on the head with a silver hammer, the traditional way of determining whether a pope has died, seems ...

In centuries past, tradition held that the camerlengo verified the death by gently tapping the pontiff's head with a silver hammer. This was historically practised while calling out his baptismal ...

BEIJING, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Olympic champions Wang Zongyuan and Chen Yuxi crowned the first two individual champions with the head-to-head competition format making its debut at the "Water Cube ...

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