From saints and scholars to fearless reformers, these popes didn’t just shape Church history — they shaped my life of faith.

The Ottoman Empire expanded across three continents, conquering major territories in the Middle East, North Africa, and Southeast Europe. So why didn’t they ever conquer Italy? In this video, we ...

The publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar,’ Arthur Koestler once declared. For some reason this put-down has never ...

The great reformer and warrior pope who enforced the reforms of the Council of Trent and rallied Christian Europe to victory at the Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman fleet. Best known for ...

The great battle of Lepanto occurred on October 7th 1571. For this reason this date has been chosen as the feast of the Holy Rosary. In 1573 Pope Pius V instituted the feast in thanksgiving for ...

At ongoing and eyewatering expense. Though I have always damned as vile calumny that, early in her career, the Isle of Cumbrae served at the Battle of Lepanto, or that Vasco da Gama was ever ...

Meanwhile across the world we meet silver-nosed Danish scientist Tycho Brahe, and Mr H gives us his unique take on the epic Battle of Lepanto in another History's Craziest Fools.

warrior and reformer The great reformer and warrior pope who enforced the reforms of the Council of Trent and rallied Christian Europe to victory at the Battle of Lepanto against the Ottoman fleet.

In 1572, Pope Pius V instituted the feast of the Holy Rosary after the victory at Lepanto in 1571 by the ... During the battle between Byzantines and Lombards in 662-663: the Greeks attacked ...

California justifiably takes a lot of heat these days. But Californians got this one right. We honor their sacrifice.

After weeks of fierce fighting, even battle-hardened U.S. Marines were “sitting on the ground, hands to their faces, sobbing their hearts out.” Among the most brutal battles of World War II in ...

What was the most important battle in English history? If you answered the Battle of Hastings, the 1066 A.D. conflict in which the Normans successfully took over the English crown, you’re not alone.