Pope

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

December 13 – Elected Pope to Fight the Emperor

December 11, 2014

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

December 8, 2014

December 10 – Who Was the First Pope to Live in a Palace?

December 8, 2014

December 11 – Pope Falsely Accused of Adultery

December 8, 2014

December 8 – The Immaculate Conception: The Celebration of Privilege

December 4, 2014

November 21 – Pope St. Gelasius I

November 20, 2014

August 13 – The Pope Who Resigned

November 17, 2014

November 13 – One of the Great Popes of the Middle Ages

November 10, 2014

November 10 – Who Was the First Pope to Be Called “Great,” and Why?

November 6, 2014

November 3 – The Battle of Mentana

October 30, 2014

October 18 – Adopted nobility

October 16, 2014

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

October 9, 2014

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

September 22, 2014

September 19 – Pope to Princess: please marry so as to help the Church

September 18, 2014

September 20 – “Threats do not terrify me”

September 18, 2014

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

September 15, 2014

A Countess Who Desired the Election of Pope St. Pius X

September 11, 2014

St. Pius X Refuses to Bless Austria’s Troops

September 8, 2014

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

September 8, 2014

September 7 – The Outrage of Anagni

September 4, 2014

September 8 – He added the Agnus Dei to the Mass

September 4, 2014

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

September 1, 2014

August 29 – At the helm during the French Revolution

August 28, 2014

August 24 – Saint Bartholomew’s Day: the real story

August 24, 2014

August 21 – What Saint Pius X says about equality

August 21, 2014

August 22 – The Queenship of Mary

August 21, 2014

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

August 21, 2014

August 12 – He opposed royal absolutism

August 11, 2014

August 7 – Pope St. Sixtus II

August 7, 2014

August 6 – Noble widower made pope

August 4, 2014

July 29 – With one sermon, he launched the Crusades

July 28, 2014

What Weight Should Be Given to St. Thomas Aquinas’s Arguments Against Equality?

July 21, 2014

July 17 – When the Saracens attacked Rome…

July 17, 2014

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

July 7, 2014

July 8 – The Pope who fought the democrats

July 7, 2014

Video: Pope Francis Receives King Felipe VI of Spain

July 3, 2014

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

July 3, 2014

When Men Dream

June 30, 2014

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

June 26, 2014

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

June 19, 2014

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

June 16, 2014

June 12 – He Crowned Charlemagne

June 12, 2014

June 15, 1215 – Magna Carta

June 12, 2014

Supernatural Aspects

June 9, 2014

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

June 2, 2014

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

May 22, 2014

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

May 22, 2014

May 8 – When St. Michael Appeared

May 8, 2014

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