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 14, 20216 minMay 15 The Pope, Workers Rights and Rerum NovarumSeen by many as the start of Catholic Social teaching - this encyclical of Leo XIII has the unique distinction of being followed by two...
Pearl of Great PriceJan 30, 20213 minJan 20 - How the Church survived Communist RussiaToday in 1918 the Bolshevik-controlled government enacted a Decree that proclaimed separation of church and state in Russia and deprived...