by the Edict of Milan in 313, that the Christian religion was to be the official religion of the Empire. Helen asked her son to build several churches, and a Basilica on the site where Saint Peter was
the midst of a small nation, tossed by history, which had survived every confrontation with the empires surrounding it and which was to remain the only nation that was able to resist the break-up of the
the midst of a small nation, tossed by history, which had survived every confrontation with the empires surrounding it and which was to remain the only nation that was able to resist the break-up of the
shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of the Lord" (Is 60:1-6). "His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth" (...) "May his name be blessed
snowfall. This was a time when churches dedicated to Mary were beginning to spring up all over the empire, prompted by an increasingly popular devotion to the Blessed Virgin and the official acceptance of
Victory of Lepanto and the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary In the 15th century, the expanding Ottoman Empire continued to threaten all Christianity in the West. Pope Pius V finally succeeded in uniting the
divinely consecrated." The abbot of Einsiedeln bears the honorary title of Prince of the Holy Roman Empire. The current buildings date from 1704-1717. The feast of the "angelic consecration" (Engelweihe)
shall bring gold and frankincense, and shall proclaim the praises of the Lord" (Is 60:1-6). "His empire shall stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the ends of the earth" (...) "May his name be blessed
the world. According to tradition, it was founded in the 4th century, at the start of the Byzantine Empire, by two priests from Athens. Dedicated to the Mother of God, Sumela was for centuries an important
Pope Benedict XVI wrote this about Benedict’s spiritual quest: “Seeking among the ashes of the Roman Empire first of all the Kingdom of God, Benedict perhaps unknowingly scattered the seed of a new civilization
