Today in Religion

Most known for his series “Chronicles of Narnia” author and scholar C. S. Lewis died November 22, 1963. C.S. Lewis was something of a prodigy, […]

In 1818, Russia’s Czar Alexander I petitioned for a Jewish state in Palestine. Catherine the Great did not want her son to be her heir. […]

In 1521, Arabs attributed a shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine. For as long as I can remember conflict between Arabs and […]

On November 19, Julia Ward Howe committed “Battle Hymn of the Republic” to paper. In my high school, each year, at graduation, the choir and […]

Maginulf was elected antipope Silvester in 1105 A.D. The term antipope designated a person who strives to take the papacy from the duly elected pope. […]

On November 17, Queen Mary, called Bloody Mary, died, allowing Elizabeth I to ascend the English throne. History calls her rule the Golden Age. Queen […]

Nov 16 is the feast day for St. Margaret, the patron saint of Scotland. Margaret, an English princess, was born in Hungary in the 11th […]