The Return of the Canonized Popes| National Catholic Register
The Return of the Canonized Popes| National Catholic Register
For centuries after Pope St. Pius V, who died in 1572 and whose feast day was April 30, Catholics may well have thought that he was the last of a dwindling tribe, the canonized pope. That has changed dramatically in recent decades. Indeed,...
For centuries after Pope St. Pius V, who died in 1572 and whose feast day was April 30, Catholics may well have thought that he was the last of a dwindling tribe, the canonized pope. That has changed dramatically in recent decades. Indeed,...