Category: Religion
St. Vincent de Paul
On this day in 1660 St. Vincent de Paul, venerated in both the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, passes after a long and colorful life…
From the Invincible Armada to the Virgin Queen
On this day in 1588, off the coast of Gravelines, France, Spain’s so-called “Invincible Armada” is defeated by Queen Elizabeth I’s English naval force under…
The First Slavic Pope
On this day in 2005, Pope Saint John Paul II, history’s most well-traveled pontiff and the first non-Italian to hold the position since the 16th…
Malcolm X was Killed at 39 by Religious Fanaticism
On this day in 1965, Malcolm X is assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam while preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American…
Religious Fanatacism Kills Gandhi
On this day in 1948, political and spiritual leader of the Indian independence movement, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, is assassinated in New Delhi by a Hindu…
A Drop in Gay Suicides
This, I suspect, is a big part of the reason the (not really) “christian” pretender in chief so vehemently decries making it legal. To say…
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