This is the second half of First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Churchour selection from History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages by
First Great Jubilee of the Roman Catholic Church
This series has two easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: A Great Awakening.IntroductionBenedetto Gaetani, born at Anagni, Italy,
The Nuns of French Canada
If there are no Canadians canonized by the Catholic Church, it is not due to the exceptional spirituality of some but the remoteness of the region to
Excessive Zeal
I cannot think of this tyranny without cursing the indiscreet zeal of the curé of this town.Our special project presenting the definitive
The Priests of Canada
The patient toils of the missionary curé rest in the obscurity where the best of human virtues are buried from age to age.Our special project
Parkman Vol 4, Chapter 19
Conflicts between church and state in French Canada were in a peculiar way.Our special project presenting the definitive account of France in
Savonarola Executed
Today's installment concludes Savonarola's Career,the name of our combined selection from Pasquale Villari and Jean C. L. Sismondi. The concluding
Savonarola Advocates Democracy
"The people," he said, "would do much better to reserve this power to themselves, and exercise it by a council, into which all the citizens should be
The King of France Enters Florence
The terms of the treaty stood as follows:Continuing Savonarola's Career,with a selection from History of Girolamo Savonarola by Pasquale Villari