The Very Reverend Archmandrite Emiliano Fabbricatore

(August 12, 1938, S. Sofia d'Epiro, Italy-Alive). Archimandrite and General Superior, Greek Catholic Order of Monks of St. Basil of Italy. Monk, Greek Catholic Church in Italy, 1956, taking his solemn vows in 1961. Administrator, Monastery of St. Mary of Grottaferrata, 15 years, Vice-Archimandrite, 3 years, Master of Novices. Archimandrite and General Superior, Italian Congregation of the Monks of St. Basil, March 5, 2000-Current.

Most Reverend Bishop Ronald Peter Fabbro, C.S.B.

(November 6, 1950, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada, 2002-Current. Professed Brother, Congregation of St. Basil, Roman Catholic Church, August 15, 1975. Ordained Priest, Congregation of St. Basil, Roman Catholic Church, May 3, 1980. Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada, April 27, 2002-Current.

Most Reverend Bishop Jacques Maurice Faivre

(August 11, 1934, Lyon, France-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of Le Mans, France, 1997-2008. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, June 29, 1960. Auxiliary Bishop of Lyon-Vienne, France and Titular Bishop of San Leone, April 29, 1992. Bishop of Le Mans, France, July 29, 1997-July 3, 2008.

Reverend Jerry Falwell

(August 11, 1933, Lynchburg, Virginia-May 15, 2007, Lynchburg, Virginia). Christian Televangelist. Ordained Minister, Baptist Church. Founder, Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1956. Founder and Host, "The Old-Time Gospel Hour" radio program, 1956. Falwell's broadcasting efforts produced fruit and grew into a television show which went national in 1971. Founder, Moral Majority, a fundamentalist Christian political movement which opposed abortion, homosexuality, the Equal Rights Amendment, and rock and roll music, while supporting voluntary prayer in public schools, free enterprise, a balanced budget, aid to Israel, and military strength. After helping to elect Ronald Reagan to the Presidency, the organization dissolved in 1989. Falwell was a major voice of the Christian Right.

Bishop Robert Eugene "Bob" Fannin

(September 14, 1935, Ashland, Kentucky-Alive). Presiding Bishop of the North Alabama Conference, United Methodist Church. Minister, United Methodist Church in Florida. District Superintendent, Miami District, United Methodist Church. Bishop of Birmingham Area, July, 1992. Presiding Bishop, North Alabama Conference.

His Eminence Raffaele Cardinal Farina, S.D.B.

(September 24, 1933, Buonalbergo, Italy-Alive). Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, 2007-Current. Professed, Congregation of Saint Francis de Sales of St. John Bosco (Salesians), September 25, 1949. Emitted his perpetual vows, September 25, 1954. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, July 1, 1958. Professor of History of the Ancient Church, Pontifical Salesian University, 1968-1972, Dean, 1972-1974, Rector, 1977-1983. Regolatore of XXI General Chapter of the Salesians, 1978. Secretary of the Pontifical Committee of Historical Science, 1978-1988. Under-Secretary, Pontifical Council for Culture, 1988-1997. Prefect, Apostolic Vatican Library, May 25, 1977-June 25, 2007. Titular Bishop of Oderzo, November 15, 2006. Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church, June 25, 2007-Current. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, November 24, 2007.

Havel's House of History

This holiday season give the gift of history. Open up a child's understanding of the world. Allow wonder to enter his or her life. When you touch the hem of history, it comes alive. And it will live long after the holiday season is past. No other gift is quite like it.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Pierre Farine

(May 31, 1940, Courroux, Switzerland-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg, Switzerland. Ordained Priest, June 27, 1965. Auxiliary Bishop of Lausanne, Geneva, and Fribourg, Switzerland, August 12, 1996-Current.

Reverend Frederic William Farrar

(August 7, 1831, Bombay, India-March 22, 1903, Canterbury, England). Anglican Dean of Canterbury, 1895-1903. Preacher and theologian. Master of Marlborough College, 1871-1876. Canon of Westminster and Rector of St. Margarets, Westminister, England, 1876. Archdeacon of Westminister, 1883. Chaplain to the Speaker, House of Commons, 1890-1895. Dean of Canterbury, 1895-1903. Author of Eric (1858), St. Winifred's (1862), Life of Christ (1874), and Life and Works of St. Paul (1879).

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Heinrich Fasching

(May 24, 1929, Hofnerberg, Austria-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Polten, Austria. Ordained Priest, June 29, 1954. Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Polten, Austria, May 24, 1993-Current.

His Eminence Michael Cardinal von Faulhaber

(March 5, 1869, Heidenfeld, Germany-June 12, 1952, Munich, Germany). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, 1917-1952. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, August 1, 1892. Bishop of Speyer, Germany, November 4, 1910-May 26, 1917. Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Germany, May 26,1917-June 12, 1952. Elevated to the Sacred College of Cardinals, March 7, 1921. Participated in the Conclaves of 1922 and 1939.

Most Reverend Archbishop John Clement Favalora

(December 5, 1935, New Orleans, Louisiana-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Miami, Florida, 1994-2010. Ordained Priest, December 20, 1961. Bishop of Alexandria, Louisiana, June 16, 1986. Bishop of St. Petersburg, Florida, March 14, 1989. Archbishop of Miami, Florida, November 3, 1994-April 20, 2010.

Father Leonard J. Feeney, S.J.

(February 15, 1897, Lynn, Massachusetts-January 30, 1978, Still River, Massachusetts). Roman Catholic Priest and Founder, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Ordained Priest, Society of Jesus, Roman Catholic Church, June 28, 1928. Literary Editor, America. Spiritual Director, St. Benedict Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1942-1953. Founder, Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, January 17, 1949. Poet. Author of Fish on Fridays (1934); You'd Better Come Quietly; Survival Till Seventeen; Song for a Listener; Boundaries; Riddle and Reverie; In Towns and Little Towns; The Ark and the Alphabet; A Leonard Feeney Omnibus (1943); Bread of Life (1952). Noted for his controversial interpretation of the Catholic doctrine Extra ecclesiam mulla salus ("outside the church there is no salvation"), declared in July, 1947. Expelled from the Jesuit Order, October 10, 1949. Excommunicated from the Catholic Church for disobedience, February 13, 1953, but reconciled to the Church, 1974.

Chief Apostle Richard Fehr

(b. 1934, Switzerland-Alive). 7th Chief Apostle, New Apostolic Church, March 2, 1988-2005. The New Apostolic Church began in South Africa in 1895 and now has a worldwide following. Essentially apolitical, it endorses existing government as derived from God. Chief Apostle Fehr retired in April, 2005 and was succeeded by Wilhelm Leber.