Miles Pattenden
@Sisto_Sesto
Catholic Historian | Popes and Papal Elections | “Perché nun ce pò èsse tanto presto un antro papà che jje pijji er gusto de méttese pe nnome Sisto Sesto”
Pleased to report the timely news that The Cambridge History of Papacy is now published and available online at Cambridge Core! Physical edition to follow in three weeks. cambridge.org/core/books/the…
What a lovely & gracious thing to say;— & entirely true. @mrianleslie’s wonderful line about Paul McCartney — ‘I doubt there is anyone alive responsible for a greater share of the world’s happiness’; JKR a serious contender for second place?
Tom Felton says the controversy around J.K. Rowling's political views doesn't impact him: "I'm not really that attuned to it...I have not seen anything bring the world together more than Potter. She's responsible for that, so I'm incredibly grateful." #TonyAwards
In a world in which Jew hate was not being normalised, the truly Goebbels-like lies about Jews broadcast today by @mrjamesob would mean no decent person would ever give him the time of day again. I don't see how what he said could be dismissed as a mistake or an error of…
Since @LBC just did a dirty delete of this horrendous racist incitement read out and broadcast by @mrjamesob I thought it important that there be a recording of it here so that people can see the nasty, made up propaganda which is being spread with complete impunity about Jews.
Former Australian National University chancellor slams 'gobsmacking' proposed university cuts abc.net.au/news/2025-07-2…
For the first time in human history, a pope delivers a fist bump.
Europe in 1500 - a paragraph that brings home what an unimaginably different place the past was
I am baffled by the insistence that damaging military aircraft is something any state should just tolerate. You may like the cause of the plane-smashers, but come on you can't pretend you're surprised a government would take issue with this.
The Cult of Gay Relics is the subject of this month's @medievalacademy "Multicultural Middle Ages" podcast. Please listen to me and Michael Barbezat! multiculturalmiddleages.com/post/queer-med…
Delighted to sign off the latest issue of @Journal_RH, a special issue on gender and emotions in early Japanese Christianity
The Pope is participating in White Sox chants. What a crazy timeline we live in.
Ahead of the third reading on Friday, I wish to call attention to the fact that the future of many care homes and hospices will be put in grave doubt if the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill becomes law. rcdow.org.uk/news/future-of…
Fantastic book
The Roads to Rome is out in paperback today! Join me as I travel across Europe to explore two thousand years of history on the roads to Rome. penguin.co.uk/books/443108/t…
La dolce vita? My conclave “diary” for this month’s Catholic Herald…
I totally enjoyed doing the debate and brainstorming with my colleagues. Many thanks to @the_europaeum network for this amazing opportunity and a special thanks to Dr Miles Pattenden @Sisto_Sesto who did an excellent job in coordinating and getting us ready for the debate. 2/2
We are saddened to hear of the death of Edmund White. We've lifted the paywall on Richard Davenport-Hines's 2014 review of White's Paris memoir. literaryreview.co.uk/scenes-from-a-…
"El nuevo papa no tiene experiencia en ese tipo de negociación" @Sisto_Sesto en #CorresponsalesenLínea @CenLinea por buenosaires.gob.ar/radiociudad
#Ucrania #MilesPattenden @Sisto_Sesto "La ideología de la Iglesia Católica es universal, y tiene responsabilidad por todo el mundo. El éxito o fracaso de esta iniciativa del Papa, va a estar más basada en el mundo católico que en Ucrania y en Rusia". ar.radiocut.fm/audiocut/miles…
A very good piece in the Economist on the genuine crisis of free speech in Britain and Europe.
🇻🇦🗣️ Entrevista de @fcarrionmolina a @Sisto_Sesto "A diferencia de Francisco, León XIV será un Papa burocrático que arregle los problemas de gobierno de El Vaticano" elindependiente.com/internacional/…
Howard Ashman would have turned 75 today. And I always ponder what we might have shared and the new works we might have created together in those 35 extra years.