Pope Essay Examples

UNESCO instituted World Teacher’s Day on October 5. However, why wait for Teachers’ Day to come around? We don’t need a special occasion to express our affection towards a teacher. So did Mary Loudon by writing “Doreen Pope”, a hymn to an inspirational teacher. In this descriptive essay she pays tribute to the greatness of […]

St. Peters Basilica is located in the Vatican in Rome. Built in the High Renaissance to early Baroque period, the construction of St. Peter’s took about 150 years to complete. A bevvy of famous architects worked on the Basilica, beginning with Bramante and finishing with Michelangelo. It has the largest interior of any Christian church […]

“The grace of God is infinite and eternal. As it had no beginning, so it can have no end, and being an attribute of God, it is as boundless as infinitude” (“Precious Grace”). With this description, how can one go through his or her life without desiring grace? James Joyce first published “Grace” in his […]

Arise, O Lord, and judge Thy cause. A wild boar has invaded Thy vineyard. Arise, O Peter, and consider the case of the Holy Roman Church, the mother of all churches, consecrated by thy blood. Arise, O Paul, who by thy teaching and death hast illumined and dost illumine the Church. Arise all ye saints, […]

“Modern man cannot do without information that is full, consistent, accurate and true. Without it, he cannot understand the perpetually changing world in which he lives nor be able to adapt himself to the real situation. This adaptation calls for frequent decisions that should be made with a full knowledge of events. Only in this […]

In his Encyclical “Pacem In Terris” of April 11, 1963, the Holy Father Pope John XXIII wrote of Peace as greatly desired, elusive, and can only be attained if man will faithfully adhere to the order established by God. This papal letter discussed the natural order of the universe, the prevailing conditions in the world […]

The Roman Empire is the result of one of the first attempts to unify the European continent. It dominated history for more than five centuries before succumbing under the influence of numerous factors. During Octavian’s rein, the empire had indeed become the sole most powerful entity of the time. Military speaking, he had taken control […]

The poets I am going to study each had different reasons for writing their poems of World War One. For example, Wilfred Owen experienced the war at first hand and tried to expose the sheer pain and terror to the British nation. Whereas Jessie Pope never experienced the war, she thought the only way she […]

The Vatican has traditionally maintained a fairly conservative issuing policy, which presently consists of about a dozen commemorative series per year. Vatican stamps feature a wide range of religious and historical subjects, including many that are of interest to topical collectors. Adding to their allure is the fact that these stamps are issued by the […]