Pope Francis has designated the St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna a minor basilica. It was the first under the Diocese of San Pablo to receive the honor, the Catholic Bishops’ ...

The centuries-old St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna has been designated by Pope Francis as a minor basilica, according to Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ...

The remarkable story of one of the most popular saints of the early Church The image of St. Agnes, a child clutching her lamb and the palm of martyrdom, adorned the parish of my childhood. It was ...

Throughout the centuries, there has been a special devotion to this famous picture of Our Lady. During the pontificate of Pope St. Gregory the Great (590-604) a plague attacked the people of Rome and ...

Their role is evidenced by later contacts between England and the Frankish Church. In addition, the letters of Pope Gregory the Great, relating to the mission of Augustine, make it clear that this ...

where he met and befriended St. Gregory of Nazianzus (one of the four great Greek Doctors of the Church). He became the secretary of Pope Damasus, who commissioned the Vulgate from him ...

St John Chrysostom wrote that “not to enable the poor to share in our goods is to steal from them and deprive them of life,” while St Gregory the Great explained further that “when we attend ...

[St. Gregory the Great, Dial. 4, 39: PL 77, 396; cf. Mt 12:32-36.]" 1472. "To understand this doctrine and practice of the Church, it is necessary to understand that sin has a double consequence.

Some quotations stay with a person always. I've waited many years to use this one, and the time is ripe. In the year 1085, Pope Gregory VII, an important church reforming figure, was exiled in Salerno ...