Pope

October 18 – Adopted nobility

October 14, 2021

October 11 – He dared step into the gap during the crisis

October 7, 2021

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

September 23, 2021

September 21 – Pope Conon

September 20, 2021

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

September 16, 2021

September 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 16, 2021

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

September 13, 2021

September 11 – Italian army invades the Papal State without a declaration of war

September 9, 2021

September 12 – The Holy Name of the Virgin Mary; in thanksgiving for the victory over the Turks at Vienna

September 9, 2021

Video – Redefeating the Turks: the Battle of Vienna, September 12, 1683

September 9, 2021

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 6, 2021

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 6, 2021

September 4 – Pope Saint Boniface I

September 2, 2021

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

August 30, 2021

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 26, 2021

August 22 – The Queenship of Mary

August 19, 2021

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

August 19, 2021

August 13 – The Pope Who Resigned

August 12, 2021

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 9, 2021

August 6 – Noble widower made pope

August 5, 2021

August 7 – Pope St. Sixtus II

August 5, 2021

August 9 – Pope St. Victor I

August 5, 2021

August 2 – Resisted the Emperor’s demand

July 29, 2021

July 28 – Nepotism Sometimes Bears Good Fruit

July 26, 2021

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 26, 2021

July 17 – When the Saracens attacked Rome…

July 15, 2021

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

July 5, 2021

July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

July 5, 2021

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

July 1, 2021

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

June 24, 2021

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

June 17, 2021

June 16 – Pope Innocent III

June 14, 2021

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

June 14, 2021

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 10, 2021

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

May 31, 2021

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

May 24, 2021

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

May 24, 2021

May 24 – Our Lady Help of Christians, to commemorate the liberation of the Pope from prison

May 20, 2021

May 18 – Martyr of Envy

May 17, 2021

May 7 – The Pope who adopted two princes

May 6, 2021

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 29, 2021

April 26 – Pope St. Cletus

April 22, 2021

April 17 – Controversial Pope

April 15, 2021

April 19 – The saintly warrior pope

April 15, 2021

April 13 – Pope St. Martin I

April 12, 2021

April 10 – Pope Gregory XIII

April 8, 2021

April 12 – Pope St. Julius I

April 8, 2021

April 3 – Pope Honorius IV

April 1, 2021

April 4 – Crusader Pope

April 1, 2021

March 27 – Pope Clement III

March 25, 2021

March 27 – The Last French Pope

March 25, 2021

March 28 – Pope Martin IV

March 25, 2021

March 15 – Pope St. Zachary

March 11, 2021

March 7 – Pope Innocent XIII

March 4, 2021

February 28 – Pope Saint Hilarus

February 25, 2021

February 23 – The responsibilities of leadership are heavy

February 22, 2021

February 20 – Pope Martin V

February 18, 2021

February 15 – Pope Lucius II

February 11, 2021

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

February 4, 2021

February 4 – Pope Gregory V

February 1, 2021

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