In the story of the Church, the thirteenth century is an epoch chapter. The Roman Catholic Church was at the center of life; a unity developed among God’s people that encompassed not only religion but ...
The early Christians experienced persecution for their faith, including martyrdom, first at the hands of the Jews and then at the hands of the Romans. Some historians contend that the Church was born out of ...
Most often we associate the term “Crusades” with an effort by the European Christians of the Middle Ages to take back the Holy Land, specifically Jerusalem, from the Muslims. Indeed, there were Crusades mounted for ...
Through revelations to three holy women — Sts. Juliana of Cornillon, Margaret Mary Alacoque and Faustina Kowalska — the Church celebrates Corpus Christi, the Sacred Heart and Divine Mercy
In Catholic Church history, one of the most famous controversies, and most famous crises between Church and state, between pope and king, took place in the early 13th century. The antagonists were Pope Innocent III ...
The Holy See and the Italian government concluded treaties that created an independent nation
This is the fourth in a series of women in Church history. Every year thousands of people join the Catholic Church. Among other beliefs, catechumens are asked to comprehend and accept the doctrine of purgatory. ...
Recently, Christians have heard much about the split in the Eastern Orthodox Church, between the church in Istanbul (Constantinople) and the church in Moscow. In October 2018, the patriarch of Constantinople agreed to the independence ...
In this week's Our Sunday Visitor In Focus, you'll get to know the men who helped guide the early Church, helping it become the Faith we encounter today. Meet both ante Nicene and post Nicene ...
Saint Angela Merici was an advocate for women's education. This foundress of the Company of Ursula revolutionized the way girls and mothers were taught the Gospel and virtues of Christianity. Learn more about her in ...
