2:35) and his empire "will be from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth" (Zech 9:10; cf. Mt 21:5). He will lead nations "with an iron scepter" (Ps 2:1-9). "His empire shall stretch from

“yes” changed the world. Consider then, what a collective “yes” can do: In 1571, when the Ottoman Empire threatened to take control of the Mediterranean and prepare for an invasion of Christian Europe, [...] prevailed Oct. 7th, the feast of the Holy Rosary, at the Battle of Lepanto. In 1683, when the Ottoman Empire began their march again to wage jihad against Western Europe and were at the Gates of Vienna, Pope [...] conversion of Russia; for years we prayed the Rosary, and Jan. 1, 1992, the Soviet Union—the Evil Empire—officially dissolved. The power of one individual “yes” joined to and collected with many others

the capital of the Byzantine Empire was unusually free of defense that year. The emperor had taken almost all the soldiers into the East where he was defending the empire from the unceasing attacks by

In the year 626, the Byzantine Empire was experiencing political turmoil. The emperor Phocas had recently been overthrown by a young general, Heraclius, and the empire had been invaded by both the Persians [...] the early 500s, with the Persian Emperor Khosroes not allowing Byzantine trade through the Persian Empire and threatening to invade. The Avars, a people of Tartar origin, were also being paid off since the

Christian era. In the 2nd century BC, it became part of the Roman Empire, then was evangelized in the 2nd century AD. It remained in the Roman Empire for 900 years, until the invasion of North Africa by the Arabs

his death, the Council of Mainz imposed the feast of the Assumption on the whole of the Frankish Empire. The reign of Charlemagne marked the end of feudality and the beginning of the unification of Europe

Therefore Mary gave birth to the Child foretold in the Holy Scriptures… By Him, God ruins the snake’s empire as well as that of angels or any people who choose to resemble the snake. God frees from death all

Therefore Mary gave birth to the Child foretold in the Holy Scriptures... By Him, God ruins the snake's empire as well as that of angels or any people who choose to resemble the snake. God frees from death all

a small nation tossed about by historical events, which had survived conflicts with neighboring empires and would one day be the sole survivor of the dissolution of the ancient world, keeping intact its

future Henry the Oisealer, King of East Francia, and the mother of Otto I, founder of the Holy Roman Empire. Once widowed, she had some disagreements with her sons. The latter gradually stripped her of most