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by bcadmin | Oct 25, 2022 | Featured, Missionaries, News, our lady of the rosary, our lady of victory, rosary, The Battle of Lepanto | 0 |
Oct. 6th, 1571. The Ottoman Turks had already captured the the Island of Cyprus and were quickly advancing toward the rest of Europe. Their fleets had not been defeated in over 100 years of constant battle, their men were of the most experienced sailors in the world, and their artillery was something to be reckoned […]
by bcadmin | Oct 9, 2021 | Best of Week, Featured, News, podcast, Podcasts, Pope Pius V, rosary, The Battle of Lepanto | 0 |
In the great history of the Catholic Church, few popes have had the lasting impact and influence of Pope St. Pius V. You might have never heard of him, but this was a Pope who witnessed the crises of the Church amidst the Protestant Reformation and the growing strength of the Ottoman Empire. Today’s short […]
by bcadmin | Oct 8, 2021 | Books and Art, Culture, Featured, History, News, rosary, The Battle of Lepanto | 0 |
On Sunday, October 7, 1571, a group of naval forces from Spain, Naples, Sicily, Venice and Genoa, led by Don Juan of Austria, met the Ottoman forces in the Gulf of Lepanto, off of Western Greece. Cervantes’ own ship, the Marquesa, was part of the Christian fleet. When the fighting began, Cervantes was very sick, […]
by bcadmin | Oct 7, 2021 | Culture, Featured, News, our lady of the rosary, our lady of victory, rosary, The Battle of Lepanto | 0 |
For an entire millennium, Christendom has lived under the assault of Islam. From the 7th-century Arab conquest of what until then had been the heartlands of Christianity (Israel, Syria, and North Africa) to the last Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683, Christian communities had to face the determination of Muslim caliphates and kingdoms to follow […]
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