Today in Religion

Remember Halley’s comet? Well, Edmond Halley, the person behind the name, proposed that a comet caused the Biblical flood. As result, the Royal Society censured […]

Pope John Paul II visits a Lutheran church in 1983. This was the first-ever visit of a Pope to a Lutheran church. Pope John Paul […]

In 1520, Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding he recants. When Martin Luther was born in 1483, his family probably did not expect […]

In 1212, Frederick II was crowned King of Germany in Mainz. Born in 1194, the princes in Germany elected him king at the age of […]

In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed Immaculate Conception making Mary free of Original Sin. Pope Pius IX stopped any doubts about the holiness of Mary. […]

Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the US constitution in 1787. The new United States of America started cementing its government by the creation […]

Considered a Christmas classic, “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” first aired on TV on December 6, 1964. Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer told the story about the […]

Russian princess Elisabeth Petrovna grabs powers in 1741 Born of Peter I and Catherine I, Elisabeth Petrovna showed no real interest in the politics of […]

The Vatican approves the rhythm method for birth control in 1930. The Catholic church has a history of restricting birth control. They taught that sex […]

On December 3, 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant. Dr. Christiaan Barnard grew up in South Africa and attended medical school. […]