In the first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great.

Gregory the Great and Leo the Great, would also qualify as being the greatest, especially as they have been declared to be both saints and doctors of the Church. St. Gregory the Great and St. Leo ...

Saint Jerome, one of the four great Latin Doctors of the Church (the other three being St. Ambrose, St. Augustine, and St. Gregory the Great), was the pre-eminent scholar and translator of Sacred ...

The other commonly used names include Gregory, used in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). It was last used by Gregory XVI in 1831. Another common name used ...

commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to use that name was Gregory XVI in 1831. Benedict was chosen 16 times, including by Francis' predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger ...

commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to use that name was Gregory XVI in 1831. Benedict which was chosen 16 times, including by Francis' predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger ...

commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to use that name was Gregory XVI in 1831. Benedict which was chosen 16 times, including by Francis' predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger ...

as Pope Saint Gregory the Great teaches, people ‘respond to the love of those who love them,’” he said. In this sense, the pope prayed for vocations, especially to the priesthood and ...

commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604). The last to use that name was Gregory XVI in 1831. Benedict has been chosen 16 times, including by Francis' predecessor, Joseph Ratzinger of ...

First Pope From a Religious Order In 590, Pope Gregory I — also known as St. Gregory the Great — became the first monk elected pope. Since then, Benedictines, Augustinians, Franciscans ...