A Bedouin shepherd throwing a stone into a cave on the shore of the Dead Sea was puzzled by the cracking sound within. Investigating he...

Today we look at the short history of the Latin American Bishops Conference, their most recent meeting in Mexico at Aparecida and how...

Today in 1934 the first synod of the Confessing Church ended. They issued the important Barmen Declaration. An important and brave...

One of the greatest writers in the English language at the beginning of the 20th Century. On an intense spiritual journey that took him...

Today we go back to year 1795 and travel to Baltimore where, a young William Colgate arrived in the US and settled in Harford County,...

The Body of Canon law is historically continuous from the early church to the present, and such can claim to be the oldest functioning...

Today in Dublin in 1826, a teenager with a big heart an a desire to do something important called Thomas Bernardo experienced an...

it’s the 25th of May and on this day in Christian History we go back to year 1995 and travel to Rome where Ut Unum Sint, the first...

In Aldersgate, London, Anglican priest John Wesley had an experience in the middle of a spiritual crisis which lead to establishment of...

Samuel Sharpe was hanged today in Jamaica for his role in organising as slave uprising referred to by historians as 'The Baptist War'. ...

Today the famous Trevi Fountain was finished by Pannini, and was officially opened and inaugurated on this day by Pope Clement XIII. We...

Today in St Peters, Rome, a 33 year old man called Lazlo Toth, wielding a geologist's hammer shouted, "I am Jesus Christ — risen from the...

Today we remember the first Ecumenical Council of the Church. It is now famous for its Christian statement of belief that is widely used...

Alcuin was one of the greatest minds of the Eight Century. Spearheading the educational reform of the Court of Charlemagne, he advanced...

Canadian Aimee Semple McPherson was a pioneer of evangelism. Faith-healer, founder of the Foursquare Gospel Church and builder of the...

We remember the historical expedition of missionary Jacques Marquette and Louis Jolliet, a French-Canadian explorer to explore the...

A book known as Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis (Voyage of Saint Brendan the Abbot) full of exploration, religious symbolism, and...

Seen by many as the start of Catholic Social teaching - this encyclical of Leo XIII has the unique distinction of being followed by two...

The town of Salem in Massachusetts witnessed an outbreak of 'Witch Trials' that lead to the execution of 19 people and destroyed the...

Today we remember an assassination attempt that shocked the world. Its 1981, the last years of the Cold War, and the early years of the...