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Stories of the lives of the saints delivered by Father Thomas Tam. Father is also put together a video of each of these episodes. You can see the video at SSPX Podcast.com. Now here's Father Tam.

All the evils of the world are due to lukewarm Catholics, St. Pius V.

Hey, hey, welcome to true heroes.

Today we are going to talk about Pope St. Pius V and his accomplishments as Pope for the good of the world and especially Catholic Europe,

and his victory over the Muslim invaders at the Battle of Lepanto.

Let us begin his story. Born Antonio Gislieri to a poor family, he labored as a shepherd

until the age of 14 and then joined the Dominicans being ordained in 1528.

Seeing that he was a Dominican, he developed a real devotion to the recitation of the rosary,

which will play a key role later in his life.

Called a brother Mikkel, he studied at Bologna and Genoa, and then taught theology and philosophy

for 16 years before holding the posts of Master of Novices and prior for several Dominican houses.

Named Inquisitor for Como and Bergamo, he was so capable in the fulfillment

of his office that by 1551 and at the urging of the powerful Cardinal Karafa, he was named

by Pope Julius III, Commissary general of the Inquisition.

In 1555, Carrafa was elected Pope Paul IV and was responsible for Gislieri's swift rise as a bishop of Nepi and Sutri in 1556,

cardinal in 1557, and Grand Inquisitor in 1558.

While out of favor for a time under Pope Pius IV, who disliked his reputation for excessive zeal,

Gieslieri was unanimously elected Pope himself on January 7, 1566, and charged with the task of

implementing the sweeping reforms called for by the Council of Trent, which was concluded

a few years earlier. He published the Roman Catechism, the revised Roman brevery, and the Roman

Missal. He also declared St. Thomas Aquinas, a doctor of the church, commanded a new addition of

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