St. Gregory seems to have been the first to draw up the Office for this season, which originally included five Sundays, as is evident from the most ancient sacramentaries of this great Pope.

As Catholic Christians, we are taught to forgive others, to reconcile with our neighbor, to seek out amicable ways to end grudges and angry separations; yet we have been part of a grudge ...

However, the beginning of the crowning of a Mary sculpture or image is much older, or more precisely we have at least one much older example, that of Pope Gregory III (731-741) who donated a golden ...

The imposing facade was built by Pope Eugene III (1145-1153). Among its great treasures is a ... During the pontificate of Pope St. Gregory the Great (590-604) a plague attacked the people of Rome and ...

Even though far from being a saint, Pope Paul III in 1537 issued a Bull against ... note that even though he retracted his Brief, Popes Gregory XIV, Urban VIII and Benedict XIV still recognized ...

A Washington Township nursing home has sold for $2.78 million, according to the latest real estate transfers filed with Stark ...

Pope Francis has designated the St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna a minor basilica. It was the first under the Diocese of San Pablo to receive the honor, the Catholic Bishops’ ...

The centuries-old St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna has been designated by Pope Francis as a minor basilica, according to Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ...

Finally, the calendar we all know was adopted by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. After skipping 10 days in October 1582 to "catch up," it has changed little since then. What to know about February and ...