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Aug 26 Nietzsche and the 'murder' of God

Today in 1900 the great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche died. The last ten years of his life had been filled with unhappiness...

Aug 7 The first 'mega-mass' in Munich -1960

On this day in Christian History we go back to year 1960 and travel to Munich where the 37th International Eucharistic Congress finished...

July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach

Today in 1750 the body of Johan Sebastian Bach was laid to rest in an unmarked grave at the churchyard of St. John’s, Leipzig. The...

June 25 The secret encyclical condemning Nazism

Today we remember how in a remarkable meeting in Rome Pope Pius XI missioned the American Jesuit John LaFarge to draft an encyclical on...

June 18 Laudato Si - Caring for our common home

Today in 2015, the ground-breaking encyclical Laudato Si was published. Building on the body of the Church’s social teaching it ...

June 15 Archbishop Stephen Langton and Magna Carta

The energetic leadership and conciliatory skills of Archbishop Stephen Langton forced King John to grant his seal to Magna Carta at...

Feb 3 - Guttenberg's Printing Press

Today in 1468 Johannes Gutenberg combined various elements, of movable type, oil based ink and a mechanical system allowed the mass...

Jan 12 Digging up the Bible

Today in 1897 we remember an amazing discovery in ancient rubbish dump near Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt. Two English archaeologists, Bernard...

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