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A statue of Pope Gregory I, also known as St. Gregory the Great, with his famous Catholic iconography of a dove sitting on his shoulder, sits outside of St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, Hungary, on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024.

The pope who was first called ‘servant of the servants of God’

Sep 3, 2025

By CNA Staff

St. Gregory the Great, one of the most admired popes in history, was the first of the bishops of Rome... Read more