by admin | Jul 25, 2014 | Church History
Worldwide attention is focused on the crisis in Iraq as Sunni Muslim militant forces from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) sweep through the region killing and rampaging unimpeded. A recent Washington Post article highlighted ISIS’s destruction of the...
by admin | Jul 15, 2014 | Church History
Today marks the 915th anniversary of the liberation of the Holy City of Jerusalem by the warriors of Christendom on the First Crusade. Those who entered the city in that summer of 1099 had endured three years of battle, starvation, and disease in order to complete...
by admin | Jun 5, 2014 | Church History
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Boniface (680–754), known in Church history as the Apostle to the Germans. Boniface is regarded as “probably the greatest missionary since St. Paul” for his extensive travels and successful evangelization efforts in modern-day...
by Steve Weidenkopf | Apr 29, 2014 | Church History
In the pantheon of great women in Church history, pride of place should be accorded the young mystic from Siena, St. Catherine, whose feast we celebrate today. Born in 1347 to a humble wool-dyer, Catherine became one the most influential persons of fourteenth-century...
by Steve Weidenkopf | Apr 15, 2014 | Church History
810 years ago this week, on April 13, 1204, an unthinkable act occurred: Christian armies sacked Constantinople, in what became known as the Fourth Crusade. The Crusades are among the most misunderstood events in Catholic history, and the Fourth Crusade is frequently...
