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| Pope Urban V by Henri Segur |
History
When Guillaume de Grimoard
of France was elected pope, he chose the name Urban V because the four Urbans
before him had all become saints, and he wanted to be a saint more than
anything. Urban V resided in Avignon, France, instead of in Rome, because he
was trying to bring peace to the area. He had many little wars to deal with and
more tyrants (bad kings) than good leaders to work with. When he finally went
back to Italy, things were so bad in Rome, he had to have an army and several
princes in order to get to the basilica. He spent the rest of his life trying
to bring wars to an end.
Activity
You may not realize it,
but even today, there are wars going on in different parts of the world. Today,
pray that people will work for peace, and pray that God will bless our current
holy father, Pope Francis, as he tries to convince people to live together
peacefully instead of fighting.
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