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First Vatican Ecumenical Council

Antoine-Marie Claret: rosary, press and missionary fire

Born in 1807, a Catalan weaver who became a typographer and then a priest, Antoine-Marie Claret traveled throughout Spain and Cuba, rosary in hand, distributing brochures and religious images. Founder...

Charles III and Pope Leo XIV: five centuries of rupture reconciled on one knee at the Vatican

For the first time since Henry VIII's break with Rome in 1534, a reigning British monarch will pray publicly with a pope. The visit...