THE STORY OF POPE BENEDICT VI

Here is a story of a difficult episode in Church history. Benedict was a Roman, whose father, Hildebrand, was of German descent. In the past 35 years, Otto, the Holy Roman Emperor, a German, had been a controlling factor of the papacy and Italian politics. Benedict...

BISHOP ST. ATHANASIUS, DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

St Athanasius, Defender of the Divinity of Christ St. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria, theologian, writer, Egyptian national leader and defender of Christian orthodoxy. Born into a Christian family sometime in the mid 290s, Athanasius was well educated in his...

POPE JOHN XIII

Lateran basilica, where Pope John XIII grew up and served If you have been following this series, you will remember that Theophylact, virtual controller of Rome, and his wife, Theodora, were able to run the politics of the Catholic Church from the beginning of the...