This sacred event aimed to renew the faith of Ireland while honoring the enduring missionary legacy of St. Patrick by ...

Please refute. Pope Pius XI taught that married couples could use their marriage rights in the infertile periods of the wife (or when there is a defect of nature or age which prevents new life ...

For further reading, I would recommend Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI; Casti Connubii by Pope Pius XI; and Familiaris Consortio "The Role of the Christian Family in the Modern World" by John Paul II.

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...

He died on August 19, 1680 and was canonized by Pope Pius XI on May 31, 1925. Nevertheless, it was not until after the Apparitions at Rue du Bac concerning the "Miraculous Medal" made to Catherine ...

Gallagher, S.J., also recounts Fr. Gallagher's role as a diplomatic courier—for both the Soviet government and the Vatican—in bringing the remains of then-Blessed Andrew Bobola (later canonized by ...

The ties between the papacy and Gemelli Hospital date back to the 20th century. In 1934, Pope Pius XI donated 37 hectares of land on Monte Mario, north of the Vatican, to theologian and physician ...

Hundreds of civilians have been killed since March 6 as Syria's security forces battled armed supporters of former Syria ...

Scotland dismisses William III and Mary Stuart as king and queen. 1757: On board his own flagship HMS Monarch, ...

Of those popes, Francis has the ninth-longest papacy so far.Over the past 200 years, the longest papacy reign was that of Pope Pius IX, who served over 31 years from 1846 to 1878. The shortest was ...