(Martin Luther) When an obscure monk named Martin Luther nailed 95 Theses - 95 stinging rebukes - attacking the mighty Catholic Church, and its head, Pope Leo X to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral ...

Born as: Giovanni de’ Medici (Florence, 1475) A member of the wealthy Medici family, Pope Leo X spent lavishly on Renaissance art and drove the church into financial ruin. To refill church funds ...

Blessed Pius IX’s successor, Pope Leo XIII, went on to dedicate an encyclical letter to devotion to St. Joseph — Quamquam Pluries. “Joseph became the guardian, the administrator ...

In 1513, Giovanni de’ Medici was proclaimed pope, succeeding Julius II; he took the name Leo X. In 1861, delegates from seven states adopted the Constitution of the Confederate States of America.