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  1. www.americamagazine.org › faith › 2023/02/15Slavery and the Catholic Church: It’s time to correct the ...

    Feb 15, 2023 · Pope Leo XIII righted one significant wrong when he changed the Catholic Church’s teaching on slavery in 1888, and the popes since then should be lauded for their continual denunciation of ...

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Leo-XLeo X | Biography, Giovanni de’ Medici, Pope, Renaissance ...

    6 days ago · Leo X was one of the leading Renaissance popes (reigned 1513–21). He made Rome a cultural center and a political power, but he depleted the papal treasury. By failing to take the Protestant Reformation seriously, he contributed to the dissolution of the Western church. Leo excommunicated Martin Luther in 1521.

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  4. catholicexchange.com › did-pope-leo-iii-save-theDid Pope Leo III Save the Church? - Catholic Exchange

    Mar 13, 2024 · On Christmas Day of 800, in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Charlemagne (742-814), King of the Franks, was crowned as Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III (750-816), reviving a title that had disappeared from the Western half of the Mediterranean world since the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, in 476. Frankish knights, Italian clergy, […]

  5. popehistory.com › popes › pope-st-leo-iPope St. Leo I - PopeHistory.com

    Pope St Leo I was the 45th pope of the Catholic Church and the first to use the name Leo, which was also his birth name. Known for convincing Attila the Hun to not invade Italy, the pope is a saint in the Eastern Christian Church. Historians know much about his life and papacy, which lasted for more than two decades. Pope St Leo I Background:

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  7. www.catholic.org › saints › saintSt. Leo the Great - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online

    Saint Leo the Great, also known as Pope Saint Leo I, was born into a Roman aristocratic family. His response to the call of the Lord transformed him into one of the greatest popes of Christian history. In fact, he was the first pope to be given the title "the Great." Details pertaining to Leo's place of birth are not known, but it is believed ...

  8. www.vaticanobservatory.org › resources › galileoGalileo - A Quick Summary - Vatican Observatory

    Galileo Galilei was born in 1564, the eldest son of a famous traveling lute player (the 16th century version of a rock musician) and member of the minor nobility. He attended the University of Pisa to study medicine, but fell in love with mathematics though it was not considered a vocation for gentlemen at the time.

  9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Catholic_Church_and_slaveryCatholic Church and slavery - Wikipedia

    The Catholic Church and slavery have a long and complicated history. Slavery was practiced and accepted by many cultures and religions around the world throughout history, including in ancient Rome. Passages in the Old Testament sanctioned forms of temporal slavery for Israelites as a means to repay a debt. Slaves, captured in war or purchased ...