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.

Pope St. Gregory the Great rewrote and revised the calendar, yielding the Gregorian calendar that is still in use today; sent missionaries to convert England to Christianity; and is considered to ...

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 ...

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 ...

People worldwide watch St. Peter's Square for ... Other frequently used names include Gregory, in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604).

If he accepts, he chooses a papal name and is dressed in papal vestments before processing out to the balcony of St ... Gregory, in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the ...

Sir Tom's philanthropic work saw him awarded the Carnegie Medal and he became a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, an honour bestowed by the Pope, in 1997.

Tens of thousands had packed St. Peter's Square as ... Other frequently used names include Gregory, in honor of Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (590-604).

In 1997 he was knighted by the Queen and also received the highest accolade possible from Pope John Paul II when he was made Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St Gregory the Great.

Sir Tom's career was filled with accomplishments and titles. He was also made a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great and a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order.

It came to Rome by way of Crete in the year A.D. 590, when St. Gregory the Great was pope. Salus Populi Romani is in a side chapel of St. Mary Major, and it’s there that Romans go to present their ...