St. John Vianney Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney St. John Vianney original name is Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney. He was born May 8‚ 1786 in the French town of Dardilly‚ and was baptized the same day. His parents are Matthieu Vianney and Marie Beluze. They had six children ‚of whom John was the fourth. His family were devout Catholics. They helped the poor and gave hospitality to St. Benedict Joseph Labre (he was passing through Dardilly on his pilgrimage to Rome). In 1790‚ during the French
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It took sixty-five years for Italy to be transformed from a series of separate states ruled by restored monarchies after the Napoleonic invasion into a unified Kingdom of Italy under Piedmont with Rome as its capital. It took so long because there were many obstacles to the political unity of Italy. The influence of the Catholic Church was a very significant obstacle but it was one of many‚ such as the conservative rulers‚ the lack of popular support for unity and divisions amongst supporters
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End of the Pius Wars Joseph Bottum Who‚ even among scholars in the field‚ could keep up with the flood of attacks on Pius XII that began in the late 1990s? John Cornwell gave us Hitler’s Pope‚ and Michael Phayer followed with The Catholic Church and the Holocaust. David Kertzer brought charges against Pius XII in The Popes Against the Jews‚ and Susan Zuccotti reversed her previous scholarship to pen Under His Very Windows: The Vatican and the Holocaust in Italy. Garry Wills used Pius as the centerpiece
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Kevin Lukehart Year Two Confirmation Saint Report April 8‚ 2013 Saint John Bosco Giovanni Bosco lived from August 16‚ 1815 to January 31‚ 1888. Bosco was born in Piedmont‚ Italy. He was the youngest son of Francesco Bosco and Margherita Occhienia. St. John Bosco’s father died when he was only three years old‚ this‚ along with a famine‚ made life very hard for Giovanni’s family. Although strucken by tough times‚ young Bosco still managed to have a positive childhood‚ in which he was a firm believer
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THE UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS IS THE OLDEST EXISTING UNIVERSITY in Asia. In terms of student population‚ it is the largest Catholic university in the world in a single campus. The institution was established through the initiative of Bishop Miguel de Benavides‚ O.P.‚ the third Archbishop of Manila. On July 24‚ 1605‚ he bequeathed the amount of P1‚500 and his personal library for the establishment of a “seminary-college” to prepare young men for the priesthood. Those funds‚ and his personal library
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We all look up to leaders‚ but who do they look up to? In the society we live in today‚ there are many political leaders all around the world. From the United States president to the pope of the Roman Catholic Church‚ people just like us are fighting for good causes. Leaders have walked the face of this earth and have left their marks in history. Saint Thomas More was one of those people. Saint Thomas was a lawyer‚ author‚ and a statesman. Born in 1478‚ More served under King Henry VIII. He became
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Italian unification. Such as when Pope Pius IX asked the French army to defeat the Roman Republic in 1848. Also the Catholic Church made it forbidden in science to say the Earth travelled around the sun. However the Catholic Church does show little evidence of not hindering unification. Such as in 1846-7‚ Pope Pius IX appeared to be Liberal and freed 2000 political prisoners who were mostly revolutionaries. To some extent there is evidence that Pope Pius IX did not hinder the unification but actually
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How did concerns to keep Catholics happy influence Elizabeth’s religious settlement? For both personal and political reasons Elizabeth was anxious to retain certain Catholic ceremonial traditions within her Church. Personally‚ she disliked the idea of a married clergy‚ she loved elaborate Church music and refused to accept that all images were idolatrous. Equally‚ she was aware that she had to persuade Spain that her Church was little different‚ externally‚ to theirs. At the same time‚ she had to
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I don’t agree with the other two perspectives as much because there was absolutely more that could have been done to save the lives of all those who were killed in the Holocaust‚ and while I don’t see Pope Pius XII as Hitler’s priest‚ I do believe he should have done more—as a figure of God and as someone who represented peace and justness‚ he should have done more. Laquer’s perspective was the best for me because he breaks it all down psychologically; he
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Saint Pope Pius X (born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto) was born on June 2‚ 1835 in Riese‚ Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia‚ Austrian Empire. (now Italy‚ Province of Treviso) He was born in a family of ten‚ three brothers and six sisters. At a young age‚ Giuseppe studied Latin with his village priest. In 1850 he received the tonsure from the Bishop of Treviso‚ and was given a scholarship from the Diocese of Treviso to attend the Seminary of Padua‚ where he finished his classical‚ philosophical‚ and theological
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