Short Stories

Charlemagne’s sword and seal

August 28, 2014

An infant King learns his manners

August 25, 2014

St. Ferdinand is acclaimed King of Castile

August 21, 2014

Habsburg Affection Bound the Austro-Hungarian Empire Together

August 18, 2014

Saint Ferdinand and the Shy Knight who Challenged Seven Moors

August 14, 2014

Charles V goes to Confession

August 11, 2014

St. Louis IX humbly accepts a woman’s upbraiding

August 7, 2014

Heroic mother and sons stopped an evil King — the story of the Maccabees

August 4, 2014

The Haughty Eleanor of Aquitaine turns to God for Help

July 31, 2014

July 31 – Soldier of Jesus

July 31, 2014

A dying princess ponders human glory

July 28, 2014

St. Louis IX accepts correction from a beggar

July 24, 2014

July 22 – The Siege of Belgrade (1456)

July 21, 2014

Charles V, the Duke of Alba, and Martin Luther

July 14, 2014

King Saint Ferdinand Rides to the Conquest of Córdoba

July 10, 2014

Baroness Herbert of Lea: a convert to the Catholic faith

July 7, 2014

García Moreno Saves Ecuador From Invasion and Treason

July 3, 2014

Nobles formed into an association for the protection of the good name and reputation of others

June 30, 2014

Don Gabriel García Moreno, Ecuador’s President-Martyr, hailed from respectable families

June 26, 2014

After a month’s heroic resistance, the fort of St. Elmo falls to the Turks

June 23, 2014

Archduke Albrecht: Catholic harmony and charity between social classes

June 19, 2014

A noble lady’s good example and martyrdom

June 16, 2014

Garcia Moreno: the much-liked, volunteer tax collector

June 12, 2014

Sir Winston Churchill: Victorious abroad, politically defeated at home

June 9, 2014

A Queen obtains mercy for six heroes

June 2, 2014

St. Louis IX’s reasons for staying four years in the Holy Land

May 29, 2014

The crown prince of France is spanked for poor table manners

May 22, 2014

St. Bernard masters the fiery Duke of Aquitaine

May 19, 2014

November 29 – The coronation of St. Louis IX of France

May 15, 2014

A Dauphin of France learns self-control

May 12, 2014

Honor: Never Leave A Poor Crusader Behind as a Muslim Captive

May 8, 2014

Napoleon meets the tradition of Prince Massimo

May 5, 2014

The Count of Blois is scolded by his wife for deserting the Crusade

May 1, 2014

Louis XIV: Life Is not the Supreme Value

April 28, 2014

Agnès de La Barre de Nanteuil, the Pantheon’s Forgotten One

April 24, 2014

Garcia Moreno Refuses His Presidential Salary, Until Ecuador’s Finances Are Balanced

April 21, 2014

April 17 – He rescued his country from crushing debt, yet waged incessant war

April 17, 2014

St. Louis IX: A King of France Cannot Be Ransomed With Money

April 14, 2014

Six Knights Are Punished for Disrespect at Mass

April 10, 2014

A king, a queen, and England’s Easter dilemma

April 7, 2014

Portuguese gallantry in the baron of Alvito’s reply

April 3, 2014

Marie Antoinette’s majesty in face of the abominable charge of incest

March 31, 2014

King Baldwin saves the life of a Muslim princess, and his own is then saved by her husband

March 27, 2014

St. Thomas More rejects his wife’s pleas to abandon the Faith

March 24, 2014

St. Louis the King teaches his nobles to hate mortal sin

March 20, 2014

Saint Clotilde’s uncle, King Gundobad of the Burgundians, rejects St. Avitus’ invitation to become Catholic

March 17, 2014

Queen Blanche teaches the young St. Louis to abhor sin

March 13, 2014

St. John Francis Regis converts a rich lady to the Faith

March 6, 2014

St. Margaret is asked to become Queen of Scotland

March 3, 2014

Leovigild, King of the Visigoths, is instructed by St. Gregory of Tours on the divinity of the Holy Ghost

February 27, 2014

Brie helps Prince Talleyrand triumph in Vienna

February 24, 2014

Courtesy even at the tragic end: Marie Antoinette apologizes to her executioner

February 20, 2014

There was a time when Emperors trembled before a saint

February 17, 2014

St. Jerome’s prayer to St. Paula, the scion of an ancient noble family of Rome

February 13, 2014

St. Louis IX instructs Henry III of England on the merit of great sufferings

February 10, 2014

Philip II punishes two nobles for showing disrespect to God

February 6, 2014

The Conversion of Clovis, King of the Franks, During the Battle of Tolbiac

February 3, 2014

The last words of Queen Philippa to her sons

January 27, 2014

Marie Antoinette embraces her father for the last time

January 23, 2014

The Pope favors removing the Merovingians and acclaiming Pippin the Short as king of the Franks

January 20, 2014

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