The Manila Synod of 1582

The first Bishop of Manila was Domingo de Salazar, who arrived in Manila in the fall of 1581 and erected a temporary cathedr...
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Crónán & Crónán

Today we look at two Irish saints of the middle 7th century who both went by the name of Crónán: St. Crónán of Roscrea a...
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St. Patrick's Lent on Cruachan-Aighle

According to various lives of St. Patrick, the great Apostle of Ireland retreated to the summit of a desolate peak called Cr...
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Capital Punishment in the Papal States

The Papal States were a collection of territories in central Italy ruled directly by the Roman pontiff. Established by a gr...
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The Great Storm of August, 1792

August 10th, 1792, has been called the day the devil entered the Kingdom of France. On that day, the Jacobin commune stormed...
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Convulsionaries (1759)

It sometimes happens in the history of the Church that when doctrine and spirituality become skewered by errant teachings, o...
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