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King Carlos IV Issues a Decree Requiring Masters to Catechize Slaves in Spanish America: May 31, 1789
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise. The royal policy for New Spain, from the very beginning of its New World...
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May 26, 20255 min read
The First Battle of the “Wars of the Roses” Concludes: May 22, 1455
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . When only an infant, King Henry VI of England had inherited England and...
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May 19, 20254 min read
French Explorers Set Out to Find the “Great Water”: May 17, 1673
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . King Louis XIV had grandiose plans for France. He wanted France to be the...
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May 12, 20254 min read
Greece Is Declared a Fully Independent State: May 7, 1832
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . Since the 14th century, all of Greece—the southern peninsula called Morea...
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May 5, 20256 min read
Juan de Oñate Takes Possession of El Paso in the Name of the King of Spain: April 30, 1598
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . Juan de Oñate was one of the richest men in Mexico. A conquistador and the...
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Apr 28, 20252 min read
Federalists Capture New Orleans—One of the South’s Chief Ports: April 25, 1862
This text comes from our book, The American Venture . While General McClellan was figuring out what to do in the East, in the West, the...
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Apr 21, 20253 min read
Pope Pius XII Delivers a Message of Praise and Caution on Easter Sunday: April 13, 1941
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . On February 4, 1939, Pope Pius XI made a surprising request. He invited...
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Apr 14, 20253 min read
The Lewis and Clark Expedition Resumes with Sacagawea: April 6, 1805
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . On August 3, at Council Bluffs on the Missouri, Lewis and Clark met with...
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Apr 7, 20254 min read
Count Cavour Declares Rome Is To Be the Future Capital of Italy: March 29, 1861
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . As he had done in central Italy, Cavour allowed the people of Naples and...
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Mar 17, 20252 min read
Cardinal Barnaba Luigi Chiaramonti Is Crowned, Taking the Name Pope Pius VII: March 21, 1800
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . It was no easy task to gather the cardinals for the conclave to elect a...
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Mar 17, 20255 min read
British and French Ships Begin Detaining All Neutral Ships Destined for Germany: March 11, 1915
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . The British government thought its main task in the war would be to supply...
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Mar 10, 20254 min read
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Mother of King Richard the Lion-Heart, Dies: April 1, 1204
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . At Henry I’s death, civil war engulfed England. Neither the Norman nor the...
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Mar 3, 20253 min read
St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelic Doctor of the Church, Dies: March 7, 1274
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . “He will enter the Order of Friars Preachers and so great will be his...
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Mar 3, 20255 min read
Santa Anna’s Army Lays Siege to the Alamo: February 23, 1836
This text comes from our book, Lands of Hope and Promise . In his latest transformation—into a conservative dictator—Santa Anna had...
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Feb 24, 20255 min read
Congress Invites the States to Send Delegates to a Convention in Philadelphia: February 21, 1787
This text comes from our book, The American Venture . It was not long before the Articles of Confederation began to show their weaknesses...
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Feb 17, 20253 min read
The Vision Behind Catholic Textbook Project
In this webinar, Thomas McAnerney shares the guiding principles that shape our textbooks, how we approach history through a Catholic...
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Feb 11, 20251 min read
Napoleon Writes a Letter to the Pope Claiming Rome Belongs to Him: February 13, 1806
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . Pope Pius VII’s good relations with Napoleon did not last long after the...
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Feb 10, 20253 min read
Pope Pius IX Says Catholics Can Freely Disobey the May Laws: February 5, 1875
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part II . It was perhaps the final insult for Bismarck. In May 1872, he had chosen...
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Feb 3, 20255 min read
Pope Pius IV Issues “Benedictus Deus,” Approving the Acts of the Council of Trent: January 26, 1564
This text comes from our book, Light to the Nations, Part I . Great hopes were held for the Council of Trent, but the fulfillment of...
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Jan 27, 20254 min read
Catholic Apalachee Indians at Mission Concepción de Ayubale Are Attacked: January 25, 1704
This text comes from our book, From Sea to Shining Sea . The Spanish missions in Florida were in peril. Yes, Florida had missions, very...
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Jan 20, 20255 min read
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