...was baptized. It the oldest church in the West, built in the time of Constantine and was consecrated by Pope Sylvester in 324. This feast became a universal celebration in...
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Sts. Peter and Paul
...have been present at the stoning of St. Stephen. Saul's conversion took place as he was on his way to Damascus to persecute the Christian community there. As he was...
What is Advent
...of Catholicism, edited by Richard P. McBrien, Gregory the Great, who died in 604, was the real architect of the Roman Advent. Gregory fixed the season at four weeks and...
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
...Original Sin. Christ, because He was conceived by the Holy Spirit and Mary, because she was kept free from the stain of Original Sin by the action of God in...