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Pearl of Great Price
Oct 14, 20213 min read
Sep 29 Pope Leo the great and Atilla the Hun
Today Leo was consecrated bishop of Rome becoming the pope. His papacy was very significant, famous for his meeting with Attila the Hun...


Pearl of Great Price
Oct 12, 20215 min read
Sep 28 The Obelisk that 'witnessed' St Peters Death
We go back to year 1586 and travel to Rome where a large pink granite obelisk known as "The Witness", was moved to its present location...


Pearl of Great Price
Aug 14, 20214 min read
Aug 14 Maximillian Kolbe
Today in Poland, the Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the German concentration camp at Auschwitz....


Pearl of Great Price
Aug 12, 20213 min read
Aug 12 Golden Roses & Aparecida
Today in 1967 Pope Paul VI granted a Golden rose to Aparecida Cathedral in Brazil. The Golden Rose is an ornament, which popes have...


Pearl of Great Price
Jul 19, 20214 min read
July 19 Great Fire of Rome and the death of Peter & Paul
On the 17th of July in the year 63 a Great Fire broke among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome’s chariot stadium. It seemed as...


Pearl of Great Price
May 21, 20213 min read
May 22 Papal Rome and the Trevi Fountain
Today the famous Trevi Fountain was finished by Pannini, and was officially opened and inaugurated on this day by Pope Clement XIII. We...


Pearl of Great Price
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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