The Pope Who Would Be King Music > Hymns when they were written

when they were written

all while recognizing the unique saving work of Christ on our behalf

changing patterns of church life

A study guide with questions and prayers makes this ideal for Lent groups as well as individual reading

After the pain

The Pope Who Would Be King Music > Hymns when they were writtenDays after the assassination of his prime minister in the middle of Rome in November 1848, Pope Pius IX found himself a virtual prisoner in his own palace. The wave of revolution that had swept through Europe now seemed poised to put an end to the popes' thousand year reign over the Papal States, if not indeed to the papacy itself. Disguising himself as a simple parish priest, Pius escaped through a back door. Climbing inside the Bavarian ambassador's