CHAPTER III ST. GREGORY THE GREAT
Birth and lineage of St. Gregory—Path from the world to the cloister—Prayer, study, and charity—His cat—A prophecy—A Cardinal Deacon—Mission to Constantinople—Eutyches’ heresy—Rome in pestilence—Gregory elected Pope—His unbelievable accomplishments—His life as Pope—Championship of the oppressed—Bond with English-speaking people—The great procession during the pestilence—Gregory’s successors [pp. 39-54]
CHAPTER IV MEMORIES OF THE PANTHEON
The Pantheon—Hadrian’s best monument—Long idle—Consecrated as St. Mary of the Martyrs—The Cathedral, the symbol of the soul—Its purification—Continuity of the Church—A priest’s visit—The alabaster square—Procession of the martyr’s relics—Giovanni Borgi, the workman—Italian Guilds—Giovanni’s selflessness—His rescue of the forsaken children—Care of them—Crusade in behalf of all the waifs of Rome—His work of love—Giovanni’s successor, later Pius IX [pp. 55-72]
CHAPTER V EARLY LIFE OF FATHER MASTAI
Birth in 1792—A happy family—His youth—Epilepsy—The Church at the time of Napoleon—Abduction of Pius to Avignon—Napoleon’s downfall—Return of the Pope to Rome—His reception—Prophecies regarding Pius IX—His journey to Chile—Ocean trip—Across the Andes—Failure of mission—Rounding Cape Horn—English Settlement on the Cape—“Love-of-the-Soil”—The Falkland Islands [pp. 73-94]
CHAPTER VI POPE PIUS IX
Director of Ospizio di San Michele—A splendid record—Archbishop of Spoleto—A turbulent populace—Order restored—Revolution in Europe—Spoleto saved—The earthquake in Umbria—New post at Imola—Secret societies—A Cardinal—Attack upon the three Prelates—The Cardinal’s bravery—How the Saints forgive—Pope Pius IX—His charity and justice—Defenders of the poor—Anecdotes of the Cardinal’s generosity [pp. 95-112]
CHAPTER VII CAPTIVITY OF POPE PIUS VII
Lebzeltern, the Ambassador of the Austrian Emperor—Origin of his mission—Napoleon’s anger against Pius VII—Arrest of the Pope—Protests from the Church—Napoleon excommunicated—Vaine efforts to evade the Bull—Instructions for the mission—“Do all, or else, do nothing”—Pius VII in his sixty-eighth year—The interview—The Pope’s position—His generosity—Message to Napoleon—Continued captivity—Return to Rome—Napoleon’s expiation [pp. 113-136]