May 9 An Assassination tests the Pope's Faith
Aldo Moro's bullet ridden body was found in the trunk of a Renault in the centre of Rome on the 9th of May in 1978. Italy's longest...
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Pearl of Great Price
May 6, 20213 min read
May 7 The Pope visits Romania, building bridges with the Orthodox
At the turn of the Millennium the first Slavic Pope, John Paul II made big steps towards reconciliation with the Orthodox Church. This...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Apr 11 Pacem in Terris
Today we go back to year 1963 and look at a ground breaking papal encyclical Pacem in terris ( 'Peace on Earth') issued by Pope John...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Apr 4 Easter Sunday
Today in the West, Christians celebrate Easter, the touchstone of the Christian Faith. In todays reflection we look at the boldness of...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Mar 19 The Worlds Bloodiest Civil War - Taiping
Today we remember how in 1860 the Taiping rebels succeeded in taking the city of Hangzhou in China, in what would become the bloodiest...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Mar 15 Cardinal Manning & Catholic Social Teaching
Today in 1875, Henry Edward Manning was made a cardinal at a consistory convoked by Pope Pius IX, and unusually for Cardinals in the...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 8, 20213 min read
Mar 8 Reagan's Evil Empire
Today in 1983 in Orlando, Florida, American president Ronald Reagan in an address to the National Association of Evangelicals used the...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 21, 20211 min read
Feb 22 Philippine People Power
Today we remember a peaceful revolution in the Philippines which saw the end of Ferdinand Marcos 20 year rule and the key role Christian...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 21, 20211 min read
Feb 21 - World Council of Churches
Today we go back to year 1991 and travel to Canberra in Australia, and the closing of the 7th assembly of the World Council of Churches. ...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Jan 24 - Russia adopts the Gregorian calendar
Today in 1918 the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars. This brought another...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 20 - How the Church survived Communist Russia
Today in 1918 the Bolshevik-controlled government enacted a Decree that proclaimed separation of church and state in Russia and deprived...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Jan 10 John Paul II & Ronald Reagan
On Jan 10 1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years. This was mainly...
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