Pope

October 26 – Laid to rest next to St. Peter

October 22, 2020

October 18 – Adopted nobility

October 15, 2020

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

October 8, 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 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 17, 2020

September 21 – Pope Conon

September 17, 2020

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

September 14, 2020

Vatican City: the world’s smallest state and monarchy

September 10, 2020

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

September 10, 2020

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

September 10, 2020

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 7, 2020

September 4 – Pope Saint Boniface I

September 3, 2020

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 3, 2020

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

August 31, 2020

The “Shock” of the Great Conversions

August 27, 2020

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 27, 2020

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

August 20, 2020

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

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