Italy

Why celebrate Columbus Day?

October 8, 2020

Who Was Christopher Columbus, and Why Is He Important?

October 8, 2020

October 3 – Enemy of King St. Louis, but still his friend in Christ

October 1, 2020

October 4 – He chose a greater chivalry

October 1, 2020

October 4 – He copied the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

October 1, 2020

October 5 – St. Galla

October 1, 2020

September 28 – Franciscan money lender

September 24, 2020

September 24 – “There is nothing so sublime as the papacy nor so exalted as the imperial throne”

September 21, 2020

September 19 – The Pope asks Princess Mary to marry James II of England

September 17, 2020

September 19 – St. Januarius

September 17, 2020

September 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 17, 2020

September 20 – Bl. Margaret Colona

September 17, 2020

September 21 – Pope Conon

September 17, 2020

September 21 – Victim of intrigue

September 17, 2020

September 16 – The pope who exacted tribute from the Mohammedan ruler of Tunis

September 14, 2020

September 17 – Noble calm in all controversy, even when correcting the pope

September 14, 2020

September 14 – Formerly a sign of abject disgrace, it now adorns even crowns and crests

September 10, 2020

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 7, 2020

September 9 – Wife of a dissolute husband

September 7, 2020

September 10 – Model of chastity

September 7, 2020

September 4 – She predicted the speedy death of the emperor

September 3, 2020

September 4 – Pope Saint Boniface I

September 3, 2020

September 7 – The Corbie brothers

September 3, 2020

September 3 – All the principles of Catholicism can be found in his life

August 31, 2020

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 27, 2020

August 29 – Converted by her slave

August 27, 2020

August 25 – He opened the first public free school in Europe

August 24, 2020

August 27 – Never underestimate the prayers of a mother

August 24, 2020

August 22 – The pope who preached a Crusade against the German Emperor Frederick II

August 20, 2020

August 23: He brought peace to Italy’s war-torn city-states in the Middle Ages

August 20, 2020

August 23 – Cardinal-General

August 20, 2020

August 18 – Soldier in every battlefield

August 17, 2020

August 20 – Maria De Mattias

August 17, 2020

August 14 – St. Eusebius, Roman patrician and priest

August 13, 2020

August 17 – St. Clare of Montefalco

August 13, 2020

August 11 – As soldiers scaled the walls of the convent, she met them with ciborium in hand and put them to flight

August 10, 2020

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 10, 2020

August 13 – The Pope Who Resigned

August 10, 2020

August 13 – The antipope who became a saint

August 10, 2020

August 13 – The Ottomans lived in fear of this Capuchin

August 10, 2020

August 7 – St. Cajetan

August 6, 2020

August 7 – Pope St. Sixtus II

August 6, 2020

August 7 – The Emperor who considered Christianity a crime worthy of death

August 6, 2020

August 8 – Princes, prelates, and priests revealed their consciences to him

August 6, 2020

August 9 – Pope St. Victor I

August 6, 2020

August 10 – Defiant under torture, he inspires noble souls until today

August 6, 2020

August 6 – Noble widower made pope

August 3, 2020

July 31 – Soldier of Jesus

July 30, 2020

August 1 – Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity

July 30, 2020

August 1 – From impoverished Neapolitan nobility to Doctor of the Church

July 30, 2020

August 2 – Legate to the Emperor laden with responsibilities and threats

July 30, 2020

August 2 – Resisted the Emperor’s demand

July 30, 2020

July 28 – Nepotism Sometimes Bears Good Fruit

July 27, 2020

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 27, 2020

July 30 – St. Theobald

July 27, 2020

July 30 – St. Peter Chrysologus

July 27, 2020

July 24 – She Was Fearless, Courageous, and Unswerving

July 23, 2020

July 27 – Hunted Priest

July 23, 2020

July 21 – Fearless in every sense

July 20, 2020

July 23 – The most celebrated saint of the Northern kingdom

July 20, 2020

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