Pope Saint Callistus
Pope Callistus I, a former slave, merciful leader, championed forgiveness, faced adversity, he shaped the early Church's compassionate direction.
Pope St. Evaristus
Pope Saint Evaristus was the fifth pope, holding office from c. 97 to 105. He was also known as Aristus. Little is known about...
St. Clement
Little is known of this apostolic father beyond a few facts. He was a disciple of S. Peter, and perhaps of S. Paul. It...
Pope Saint Cornelius
Pope Saint Cornelius (251-253) whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been apostasized during the persecution.
Blessed Pope John XXIII
Although few people had as great an impact on the 20th century as Pope John XXIII, he avoided the limelight as much as possible....
Pope St. Soter
Pope Saint Soter (died 174) was the Bishop of Rome, succeeding Pope St. Anicetus, during the latter half of the 2nd Century with his pontificate,...
Pope St. Pius X
Perhaps nowhere in the history of the Church is there a better example of a man possessed of so many of the saintly virtues—piety,...
Pope St. Leo the Great
It is regrettable that so little is known about the early life of this man who proved to be such an extraordinary shepherd of...
Pope St. Cletus
St. Cletus (sometimes Anacletus), the third Pope, governed the Roman Church from about 76 to about 88 during the reigns of the Emperor Vespasian...
Pope St. Fabian
Eusebius, born just a few years after Fabian's death, tells us how Fabian came to Rome after Pope Anteros died in 236. A layperson,...
