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ORDER, RELIGIOUS
An institute of men or women, at least some of whose members take solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Today is the Optional Memorial of St. Pius V (1504-1572). He joined the Dominicans at the age of fourteen; he was sixty-two when he was elected Pope. His reign, though short, was one of the most fruitful of the sixteenth century. To Protestantism, which had proclaimed the Reformation, St. Pius replied by…
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