Facebook Twitter Newsletters Email Video News Catholic Life Shopping Saints Bible Prayers Mary Saint of the Day Pope Saint Gregory III He was just standing there, not doing anything special. As a Syrian priest he must have felt a little out of place among the Roman people mourning that day for the dead Pope. As a good preacher, he must have wanted to speak to the funeral procession about Christ's promise of resurrection. As a learned man, he must have wondered who would follow the holy Saint Gregory II as Pope and where he would take the Church. As a holy man, he must have been praying for Gregory II and for all the people around him to find their place after death in God's ... Read More » More Saints of the Day St. Eulalia of Merida St. Thomas of Farfa Abbey Bl. Thomas Somers Bl. Sebastian Montanol St. Carpophorus & Abundius St. Deusdedit St. Edmund Genings St. Eustace White St. Florentius of Carracedo St. Gemellus St. Guitmarus St. Hildemar Bl. John Mason St. Julia of Merida St. Lucerius St. Mennas St. Mercurius Bl. Peter Tecelano St. Peter Duong St. Polydore Plasden Bl. Marcantonio Durando Tomorrow's Saint of the Day Pope Saint Damasus I All lovers of Scripture have reason to celebrate this day. Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of the Bible. Damasus was a sixty-year-old deacon when he was elected bishop of Rome in 366. His reign was marked by violence from the start when another group decided to elect a different pope. Both sides tried to enforce their selections through violence. Though the physical fighting stopped, Damasus had to struggle with these opponents throughout his years as pope. ... Read More » Most Popular Rush Limbaugh is Wrong, Karen Finney of MSNBC is Nuts: Pope Francis and Capitalism Read More   Christians of East and West Must Give Common Witness: Pope Francis Writes Patriarch Bartholomew Read More   Fatima and the Conversion of Russia: Pope Francis Meets President Putin Read More   The New Evangelization: Exorcising the Demon of Obtuseness Read More   'King Money' has failed humanity, Pope Francis says Read More     News | Catholic Life | PRWire | Encyclopedia | Bible | Prayers | Vocations | Saints & Angels © Copyright 2012 Catholic Online. This e-mail is never sent unsolicited. You have received this Catholic Online e-mail because you subscribed to it or someone forwarded it to you. To opt out, see the links below. TO ADVERTISE For information on advertising at Catholic Online, please contact Advertising Sales. TO SUBSCRIBE If this email has been forwarded to you and would like a subscription, please sign up for Catholic Online Newsletters. Remove your e-mail address from our list. We respect your right to privacy. View our policy. This e-mail was sent by: Catholic Online, P.O. Box 9686 Bakersfield, CA 93389 USA