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

What is art without truth—and truth may be found in the tantalizing little details. Three wonderfully truthful artists ...

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 585 B.C. Eclipse of Peace turned fear into ceasefire, as a solar eclipse halted war and reshaped ancient views of the ...

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

Today marks the 460th anniversary since the start of the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. In this day and age, it’s important to ...

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 ...

He also called together the Christian League to confront the incursions of the Ottoman Empire into Europe, culminating in the decisive victory of the Battle of Lepanto. Over the next several ...

Over the centuries, it’s been credited with such miraculous feats as ending the Black Plague and a cholera epidemic and ensuring victory in the Battle of Lepanto. Pope Francis’s strong ties to ...

Saint Pius V (pontificate between 1566 and 1572, the pope of the battle of Lepanto and the devotion of the Rosary) died at the Lateran Palace, was first buried at St. Peter's and then, in 1588 ...

Beside the Battle of 1941, the 16th-century Battle of Lepanto, which finally reasserted the dominance of Christendom over the infidel Turk, seems an uncomplicated affair. In it 208 low Christian ...

Credit: Municipality of Nafpaktos The town of Nafpaktos in western Greece is celebrating the anniversary of the Battle of Lepanto which will include a spectacular display of battling ships and ...