Pope

September 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 17, 2015

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

September 14, 2015

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

September 10, 2015

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

September 10, 2015

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

September 10, 2015

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 7, 2015

September 4 – Pope Saint Boniface I

September 3, 2015

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 3, 2015

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

August 31, 2015

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 27, 2015

August 21 – What Saint Pius X says about equality

August 20, 2015

August 22 – The Queenship of Mary

August 20, 2015

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

August 20, 2015

August 12 – His pontificate was spent in opposing royal absolutism

August 10, 2015

August 7 – Pope St. Sixtus II

August 6, 2015

August 9 – Pope St. Victor I

August 6, 2015

August 6 – Noble widower made pope

August 3, 2015

August 2 – Resisted the Emperor’s demand

July 30, 2015

July 28 – Nepotism Sometimes Bears Good Fruit

July 27, 2015

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 27, 2015

July 17 – When the Saracens attacked Rome…

July 16, 2015

July 16 – Catholic Spain’s fate in the balance at the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

July 13, 2015

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

July 6, 2015

July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

July 6, 2015

July 3 – The Pope Who Condemned His Predecessor, But Not For Heresy

July 2, 2015

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

June 25, 2015

3: The Law of Proportion

June 18, 2015

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

June 18, 2015

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

June 15, 2015

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 11, 2015

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

June 1, 2015

Dignified Pride Is the Harmonious Complement of Humility

May 28, 2015

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

May 21, 2015

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

May 21, 2015

May 18 – Martyr of Envy

May 14, 2015

2: The Law of Contrast

May 7, 2015

May 7 – The Pope who adopted two princes

May 4, 2015

April 30 – “Thank God for the victory”

April 27, 2015

April 26 – Pope St. Cletus

April 23, 2015

April 19 – The saintly warrior pope

April 16, 2015

April 12 – Crusader in every sense of the word

April 9, 2015

April 12 – Pope St. Julius I

April 9, 2015

April 13 – Pope St. Martin I

April 9, 2015

The Crusades – Part X

March 12, 2015

March 15 – Pope St. Zachary

March 12, 2015

The Crusades – Part VIII

March 5, 2015

The Crusades – Part VII

March 2, 2015

St. John of Matha and the Order of the Trinity

February 26, 2015

The Crusades – Part VI

February 26, 2015

February 28 – Pope Saint Hilarus

February 26, 2015

The Crusades – Part V

February 23, 2015

February 20 – Pope Martin V

February 19, 2015

February 23 – The responsibilities of leadership are heavy

February 19, 2015

February 11 – Elected pope while on Crusade in Palestine

February 9, 2015

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

February 5, 2015

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

January 19, 2015

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 15, 2015

December 28 – Ordered to swear allegiance to Napoleon, he replied “I cannot. I ought not. I will not!”

December 25, 2014

December 19 – How Tumultuous Times Reveal Noble Souls

December 18, 2014

December 19 – Pope St. Anastasius I

December 18, 2014

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