"Lord, increase my pain, but increase also my patience." ~ The death of Pope Saint Pius V

May 1 marks the anniversary of the death of Pope Saint Pius V (1504-1572), one of my favorite Popes, as well as being one of the most consequential Pontiffs of history. During his relatively short six year reign, from AD 1566 through AD 1572, Pope Pius V: * assembled the Holy League which successfully defended Christendom against the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto; * excommunicated Queen Elizabeth I, calling her "the pretended queen of England and servant of crime"; * issued Quo Primum which regularized the Tridentine form of the liturgy and made it valid in perpetuity; * issued...