Innocent III: Ten Reasons Men Should Not Marry

Just before he became Pope Innocent III in 1198, Cardinal Lothario of Segni wrote De miseria humanae conditionisread more

The Religious Culture of Frankish Syria

From 1098 to 1187, there existed in Palestine a small Frankish crusader kingdom with its capital at Jerusalem. Surrounded by...
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Sister Blandina vs. The Public School

Servant of God Blandina Segale, S.C. (1850-1941) was a Sister of Charity out of Cincinnati who was sent to the western front...
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Victor the Hermit (7th Century)

Saint Bernard wrote of him: "Now placed in heaven, he beholds God clearly, revealed to him, swallowed up in joy, but not for...
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The Assault on Constitutive Tradition

Why does the liturgy always bear the brunt of the attacks launched by those intent on remaking the Catholic Church in the im...
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St. Anthony and the Miser's Heart

St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a wonderworking saint of the Franciscans who was enormously popular in northern Italy d...
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