"Sign of Discord": Two Bishops in the Seat of Peter
Papal resignations, though rare, are by no means unprecedented in the history of the Catholic Church. Gregory XII resigned t...
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Blane of Scotland (d. 590)
St. Blane was born on the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde, a nephew of St. Cathan and pupil of the famous saints Kenneth ...
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Aaron of Caerleon (3rd century)
St. Aaron of Caerleon is one of only three recorded Christian martyrs from Roman Britain—the other two being St. Julius an...
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The Speech of Tariq to His Saracen Hordes
In the year 711, Saracen hordes from North Africa swarmed over the Straits of Gibraltar and in to the Visigothic Kingdom of ...
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The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549
In the year 1536, Catholics of northern England famously participated in the ill-fated "Pilgrimage of Grace," a peaceful dem...
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Spiritual, but not Religious
No one can deny that we are in a dark time in the history of the world, and that this stems mainly and fundamentally from th...
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