Apr 18 St Peters Basilica, the biggest church in the world
Today we remember how the cornerstone was laid for St Peters Basilica on the Vatican Hill outside of Rome. We look at the Egyptian...
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Apr 13, 20214 min read
Apr 13 The Pope and the Synagogue
The Jewish people suffered waves of persecution in Rome over the years and a proverb emerged amongst the people ‘The persecution will...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Apr 12 Saint Giuseppi Moscati - Pioneer of Diabetes
The first modern doctor to be declared a saint died today in 1927. Giuseppe Moscati was a medical practitioner, scientific researcher...
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
Mar 7 The New Rite
Today, Pope Paul VI celebrated the first Mass in Italian (rather than Latin) , facing the people, at the church of All Saints in the Via...
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Mar 6, 20216 min read
Mar 6 Michelangelo
Michelangelo was born today, in 1474. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, architect and poet mean that he is often considered to be...
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Mar 3 The First Concordance
Today we go back to year 1263 and look at the pioneering work of the Dominican Cardinal Hugh of Saint-Cher. Producing the first...
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Feb 24, 20213 min read
Feb 24 Francis of Assisi's conversion
Today, listening to a homily in the chapel of St. Mary of the Angels, in Portunicula, a young man named Giovanni was inspired to devote...
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Feb 22, 20211 min read
Feb 23 Handel's Messiah
Today we remember the birth of : George Frederick Handel, composer of the oratorio "Messiah," which is now one of the best-known and...
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Jan 31, 20213 min read
Jan 28 - Excommunicating an Emperor
Today we remember in 1077 the famous midwinter penitential Walk to Canossa by King Henry IV, the Holy Roman Emperor. Henry petitioned...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 31, 20214 min read
Jan 27 - Dante exiled from Florence
Today in 1302, we remember how the Italian poet Dante Alighieri was exiled from Florence. In exile Date wrote the celebrated work The...
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Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 22 - Swiss Guard arrive at Vatican
Today in 1506 the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. Why did they arrive? How have their responsibilities...
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Jan 29, 20212 min read
Jan 18 - Council of Trent and the counter-reformation
Today the third and final session of the Council of Trent opened. An ecumenical council as opposed to a local council it would prove ...
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Jan 29, 20212 min read
Jan 16 - The Medici become the Pope's Bankers
Today in 1412 the Medici family agreed to become the official bankers of the papacy, which turbocharged their businesses across Europe. ...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Jan 11- Danish Bishop who was father of Geology
Today we go back to year 1638 when Nicholas Steno was born in Copenhagen. He was recently commemorated with a Google Doodle as the...
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