Jean Baptiste De La Salle

One can say that evangelizers teach. They teach, in the context we are using, God, religion, the Holy Scriptures. It can also be said that teachers evangelize. They teach thinking processes, the bigger picture, how to coordinate one set of facts with another. Today’s...

The Pope Who Was A Businessman

St. Peter was born in Bethsaida, on the northern tip of the Sea of Galilee, an area now in Syria. At the time, it was run by Herod Philip, son of Herod the Great. On the far side of the Jordan River was Galilee, run by Herod Antipas. Peter was born Simon, his father...

Popes Who Have Appeared In The Bible

Of the two hundred and sixty-six popes in the Catholic history, three have been mentioned in the Bible: Peter, Linus and Clement. Peter, we all know, was there at the beginning. He was one of the inner three, along with James and John. He appears in all four Gospels...

Pope Alexander

Alexander is reckoned the fifth pope after St. Peter. As with many persons from the early period of the Church, little is known about Alexander. The most likely scenario is that he was a Roman, some say named after his father. Legend has it that he was born at Caput...

Was Sixtus A Pope

Although Sixtus is claimed to be a pope by the writings of St. Ireneus  and Eusebius, there is not good historical accuracy for that claim. Although it is known  that there were bishops in Asia Minor, such as James, in Jerusalem, and Polycarp, in Smyrna,...