Gesta Romanorum: The Severed Foot
The Gesta Romanorum was written at the turn of the 14th century; this collection of anecdotes and tales w...
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St. Kateri: Lily at the Foot of the Cross
After recognition for her second miracle, on October 21, 2012, Kateri Tekakwitha was canonized (1). How did the world react ...
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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
Plegmund of Canterbury (d. 923)
Plegmund was Archbishop of Canterbury during the latter reign of King Alfred the Great. Originally from Mercia, he may have...
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Jansenism Phase Two: 1665-1701
Jansenism is a difficult heresy to categorize. What began as a theoretical dispute about grace transformed into a very prac...
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Does Transubstantiation Happen Instantaneously?
The teaching of the Catholic Church on the change of the bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ during the Mass (...
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