History Thread for “catholic”

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March 30, 2026 Breaking

Israel reverses course on Palm Sunday

On March 29, 2026, Israeli police initially barred senior Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, from entering the Church of the H...

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March 29, 2026 Breaking

Israeli police block Palm Sunday

Jerusalem · Israel

On March 29, 2026, Israeli police prevented senior Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to celebrate Palm Sunday Mass. The Latin Patriarch of Jerus...

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March 9, 2026 Breaking

Maronite priest killed by Israeli tank fire in southern Lebanon

Rmeish · South Governorate · Lebanon

A Lebanese Maronite Catholic priest was killed after Israeli tank fire struck a home in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Qlayaa near the border with Israel. Father Pierre al-Rai died f...

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June 25, 2009 Breaking

Unresolved controversies linger around michael jackson after they don’t care about us backlash

Michael Jackson, the “King of Pop,” died on June 25, 2009, at the age of 50 in Los Angeles, California, from acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication administered by his personal ph...

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January 21, 2009 Breaking

Bishop Richard Williamson controversy

Regensburg · Bavaria · Germany

Richard Williamson was a British traditionalist Catholic bishop who became widely known for his involvement in controversies related to the Catholic Church and his public statements about...

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August 21, 1895 Breaking

Alexander Orlov's crimes in Spain

Bobruisk · Belarus

Alexander Orlov, born Lev Lazarevich Feldbin on 21 August 1895 in Bobruisk, was a Soviet NKVD officer from an Orthodox Jewish family. He later operated under several aliases, including Le...

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October 31, 1517 Breaking

NinetyFive Theses

Castle Church · Wittenberg · Saxony-Anhalt · Germany

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March 31, 1492 Breaking

Expulsion of Jews from Spain: 1492 Edict of Expulsion

Alhambra Palace · Granada · Andalusia · Spain

On March 31, 1492, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, issued the Alhambra Decree, ordering all Jews in Castile and Aragon to leave by July 3...

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June 18, 1484 Politics

Papal Decree on Ecclesiastical Power

Vatican City · Rome · Italy

The Tome of Leo was issued as a formal declaration by Pope Leo I articulating the doctrinal position of the Church concerning the divine and human natures of Christ. This document was ins...

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July 22, 1209 Wars & Conflicts

Massacres During Albigensian Crusade

Béziers · Occitanie · France

The Albigensian Crusade was a 20-year military campaign initiated by the Catholic Church to eliminate Catharism in the Languedoc region of southern France. It began in 1209 under Pope Inn...

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July 16, 1054 Breaking

The Great Schism

Hagia Sophia · Istanbul · Turkey

The Christian Church formally split into the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches. Doctrinal, cultural, and political differences led to mutual excommunications. The division re...

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Religious Landscape Changes

16th–18th centuries — Islam spreads substantially among Albanian populations under Ottoman rule. Conversion varies greatly by region and period. Catholic communities remain especially imp...

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