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Posted on 10/20/2026 4:37:57 PM PDT by ebb tide
Michele Ghislieri, later Pope St. Pius V, was born in Bosco (northern Italy) in 1504 and ordained a Dominican priest in 1528. Recognizing his holiness and learning, his community elected him Prior four times.
During Pius’ lifetime, the Protestant ideas of Luther and Calvin were dissolving Catholic unity throughout Europe. In 1542, Pope Paul IV reorganized the Roman Inquisition to combat them and named Pius an Inquisitor. In 1555, the newly elected Pope Pius IV made Pius bishop and later cardinal of Nepi and Sutri, a diocese near Rome, and General Inquisitor of all Christendom (with authority over all other Inquisitors).
Throughout his life, Pius devoted much time to prayer and practiced severe personal penances. He disliked public life and involvement in the governance of the Church, preferring the peace of the cloister, but relented when he saw that it was God’s will for his life. As a sign of his humility, as a cardinal and pope, Pius continued to wear the simple, white habit of the Dominican Order, which began the tradition of popes wearing white.
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Pius V’s greatest challenge, however, came at the end of his pontificate. For centuries, Muslim Turks had threatened to conquer Christian Europe. In Pius’ time, the Turkish dominated the Mediterranean, plundering Christian towns and villages and slaughtering their inhabitants. Mahomet II boasted to the world he would soon top St. Peter’s dome with the Crescent Moon and wind the pope’s head in a turban.
Pius persuaded the European powers to lay aside their rivalries and join in a Holy Alliance against the Turks. As Pius prayed and fasted, the badly outnumbered Christian forces engaged the Turks at Lepanto. In one of the most remarkable naval victories in world history, the Turks were routed and Christendom saved.
Ignore history and you’re doomed to repeat it.
Ping
It’s a shame he is in the pits of hell right now.
You’ll be surprised when you get there.
He’s in Heaven.
And Biden and Pelosi and Ted Kennedy...and our bishops and last 2 popes to punish us.
So what’s different than yesterday?
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