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26 Apr St. Thomas Aquinas

...century Dominican, Pope Pius V, declared St. Thomas a Doctor of the Church. Pope Leo XIII, in the late 19th century, recognized that the achievement of St. Thomas in the...
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26 Apr St. Peter Damian

...of Gomorrah vehemently condemned the clerical sexual abuse and homosexual sin of many clergy, calling on the Pope to take severe and decisive action against offenders. The writings of St....
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26 Apr St. Bede the Venerable

St. Bede, born around 673AD in the northeast area of what is now England, entered the Benedictine monastery of Warmouth at age 7. Celtic monasticism had existed in the British...
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26 Apr St. John Damascene

...the Trinity, Creation, and the Incarnation. St. John Damascene’s treatment of the Sacraments is also extensive, and his emphasis on the real bodily presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is...
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26 Apr St. John Paul II

...“the Great,” an honor bestowed by popular acclamation upon only two prior popes, Popes St. Gregory I and St. Leo I. Biography by Dr. Italy Photograph by Zkoty1953. CC 3.0....
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