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Oct 2 Mindzenty of Hungary

Today in 1945 we travel to Hungary where Josef Mindzentsy was appointed Archbishop and leader of the Catholic Church - a position with...

Aug 23 The Violent death of Brother Roger of Taizé

Today we travel to Taizé in France where today in 2005 the founder of the world famous ecumenical community was buried days after he had...

Aug 16 Operation Baptism

Today we got to 1944 Hungary where a dispatch from Angelo Roncalli to the papal nuncio in Hungary illustrated the intensity of...

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 29 Humane Vitae - Prophetic or Overreach?

Today in 1968 a press conference launched the controversial papal encyclical Humanae Vitae. It would be the last of Paul VI's 7...

May 8 Jean Vianney rebuilding souls in the ashes of Revolution

The French Revolution became a concerted and violent attempt to build a new Society. Their attempts to De-Christianise the culture were...

Apr 30 Divine Mercy and the Polish Mystic

Today in the year 2000, the Polish Mystic Faustina Kowalska was declared a saint in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine...

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