14) The Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after the feast of St. Lucy ... was later prescribed for the entire Latin Church by Pope Gregory VII (1073–1085). So, ember days were a big part of ...

Pius VII returned in triumph to Rome. Twelve months later, the Pope decreed that the feast of Mary Help of Christians, be kept on the 24th of May. St. John Bosco (1815 - 1888) was a dynamic priest ...