The most significant event in Church history: 1,700 years ago ... this month
This month, 1,700 years ago, was one of the most significant and consequential events in all of Church history.
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Skip to main contentThis month, 1,700 years ago, was one of the most significant and consequential events in all of Church history.
We are the most distracted generation in history.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Charles Stanley and his wife divorcing, the first Catholic Church council in China, and William Carey publishing an influential pamphlet.
Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, selected a papal name with a long and sometimes sordid history in the Catholic Church. Previous Pope Leos include those who engaged in crucial diplomatic efforts, served under controversy, and had ties to the prominent Medici family of Renaissance Italy. Here are seven notable past popes also named Leo.
Christian Post reporter Ryan Foley joins "The Inside Story" podcast to break down what to anticipate as the Catholic cardinals gather this week in the Sistine Chapel to select the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church after the death of Pope Francis.
More than 7,750 people were baptized in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday, an event organizers say marked the largest single-day baptism in American history.
Events that occurred this week in Christian history include Dwight Moody being accepted into church membership, the election of Orthodox Patriarch Jeremias II, and the Presbyterian Church (USA) amending its rules on marital fidelity for clergy.