Wednesday of the 22nd Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, 540-604; prefect of Rome before age 30, elected pope at age 50; he removed unworthy priests from office, forbade taking money for many services, emptied the papal treasury to ransom prisoners of the Lombards and to care for persecuted Jews and the victims of plague and famine; he reformed the liturgy and strengthened respect for doctrine; one of the key doctors of the western Church, along with Augustine, Ambrose, and Jerome Office of Readings and Morning Prayer for 9/3/25 Gospel: Luke 4:38-44

Ver todos los episodios