Pope

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 10, 2020

August 13 – The Pope Who Resigned

August 10, 2020

August 7 – Pope St. Sixtus II

August 6, 2020

August 9 – Pope St. Victor I

August 6, 2020

August 6 – Noble widower made pope

August 3, 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

“The Counter-Revolution Is Negativistic”

July 16, 2020

July 17 – When the Saracens attacked Rome…

July 16, 2020

July 7 – Only two cardinals dared to stand with the pope

July 6, 2020

July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

July 6, 2020

July 3 – The Pope Who Condemned His Predecessor for Not Opposing Heresy

July 2, 2020

June 28 – He fought to preserve the Pope’s independence

June 25, 2020

June 20 – The Pope Who Was the Son of Another Pope, Also a Saint

June 18, 2020

June 16 – Pope Innocent III

June 15, 2020

June 17, 1793: Pius VI condemns the revolutionary concepts of liberty and equality

June 15, 2020

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 11, 2020

Poverty and Splendor: Harmonious Extremes in the Firmament of the Church

June 4, 2020

June 2 – Saved from the Byzantine Emperor’s roaster, ironically, by the Moslems

June 1, 2020

May 25 – First Pope to transform a pagan temple of Rome into a Christian church

May 21, 2020

May 25 – He Forced the Emperor To Wait Three Days in the Snow

May 21, 2020

May 18 – Martyr of Envy

May 14, 2020

May 7 – The Pope who adopted two princes

May 4, 2020

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 27, 2020

April 26 – Pope St. Cletus

April 23, 2020

April 17 – Controversial Pope

April 16, 2020

April 19 – The saintly warrior pope

April 16, 2020

April 10 – Pope Gregory XIII

April 9, 2020

April 12 – Pope St. Julius I

April 9, 2020

April 13 – Pope St. Martin I

April 9, 2020

It is Cowardly Not to Fight for the Faith

April 2, 2020

April 3 – Pope Honorius IV

April 2, 2020

April 4 – Crusader Pope

April 2, 2020

March 27 – Pope Clement III

March 26, 2020

March 27 – The Last French Pope

March 26, 2020

March 28 – Pope Martin IV

March 26, 2020

March 15 – Pope St. Zachary

March 12, 2020

March 7 – Pope Innocent XIII

March 5, 2020

February 28 – Pope Saint Hilarus

February 27, 2020

February 23 – The responsibilities of leadership are heavy

February 20, 2020

February 20 – Pope Martin V

February 17, 2020

February 15 – Pope Lucius II

February 13, 2020

February 11 – Elected pope while on Crusade in Palestine

February 10, 2020

The Counter-Revolution and the Craving After Novelties

February 6, 2020

February 7 – Refused admission to the Pontifical Noble Guard, he became Pope instead

February 6, 2020

February 4 – Pope Gregory V

February 3, 2020

Pope St. Gregory VII Deposes Henry IV, Emperor of Germany

January 23, 2020

January 21 – Pope Paschal II

January 20, 2020

January 20 – A dove landed on his head, and you would not believe what happened next!

January 16, 2020

January 16 – When the Emporor insisted that the lapsed be readmitted to communion without penance, one man stood in his way. This is his story.

January 13, 2020

Popes, Kings, and Church Fathers Condemned the Tournament

January 9, 2020

January 5 – Pope St. Telesphorus

January 2, 2020

December 19 – How Tumultuous Times Reveal Noble Souls

December 16, 2019

December 19 – Pope St. Anastasius I

December 16, 2019

December 13 – Elected Pope to Fight the Emperor

December 12, 2019

December 10 – To protest the emperor, he paid special honor to images and relics

December 9, 2019

December 10 – The First Pope to Live in a Palace

December 9, 2019

December 11 – Pope Falsely Accused of Adultery

December 9, 2019

December 9 – The Immaculate Conception: The Celebration of Privilege

December 5, 2019

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