POPE INNOCENT AND THE FOURTH CRUSADE

by | Nov 26, 2022 | Popes

Papal Wear In the years of superheroes like Robin Hood, King Richard-the-Lion-Heart and villains like King John of England, we Catholics have a hero of our own, Pope Innocent III. Born in either 1160 or 1161, Innocent was born Lotario dei Conti di Segni, son of Count...

ST. DOMINIC DE GUZMAN

by | Aug 5, 2020 | Saints

AUGUST 4 is the traditional feast day of ST. DOMINIC de GUZMAN (+1221). Dominic, son of Felix de Guzman and Juana of Aza, was born August 8, 1170 in Calervega, Spain. He was named after St. Dominic of Silos, whose namesake Benedictine monastery, was close by. As a...