Pearl of Great PriceAug 30, 20213 minAug 28 Medellin & Liberation TheologyToday we go back to year 1968 and travel to Medellin in Colombia, were the Second Latin American bishops' conference opened as a...
Pearl of Great PriceAug 12, 20213 minAug 12 Golden Roses & AparecidaToday in 1967 Pope Paul VI granted a Golden rose to Aparecida Cathedral in Brazil. The Golden Rose is an ornament, which popes have...
Pearl of Great PriceJul 22, 20214 minJuly 21 Marcelo Glasier - Wonder and CosmologyToday Marcelo Glasier, published a fascinating book, The Prophet and the Astronomer: Apocalyptic Science and the End of the World. It was...
Pearl of Great PriceJul 8, 20213 minJuly 9 Brazil, a Papal stampede and Dom Helder CamaraToday in 1980 some people died in a stampede trying to get in to see Pope John Paul II in a soccer stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil. The...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 31, 20214 minMay 31 CELAM 5, Aparecida and Pope Francis Today we look at the short history of the Latin American Bishops Conference, their most recent meeting in Mexico at Aparecida and how...
Pearl of Great PriceMay 4, 20213 minMay 4 Dividing the 'New World' Today we remember how in 1493 Pope Alexander VI, in an age of exploration divided the 'New World' between Spain and Portugal. Giving the...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 15, 20211 minFeb 16 - Carnival, Mardi Gras and Pancake Tuesday Today Christians around the world are preparing to enter Lent with one last blowout. Today we look at the traditions that mark this...
Pearl of Great PriceFeb 2, 20213 minFeb 2 - Candlemas Today Christians all over the world celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple. In the Spanish Speaking world the...
Pearl of Great PriceJan 31, 20213 minJan 25 - São Paulo founded by missionaries Today in 1554 a small group of Jesuit missionaries, built a mission on top of a steep hill on the Piratiningha plains . As part of the...