Today we look at the life and faith of Frederick Douglass, the first African-American to run for Vice President.  He died today in 1895 but achieved a lot in his life after escaping from slavery himself.

Today in 1473  the mathematician, astronomer, and priest Copernicus was born in Poland. He famously formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the centre of the universe, which lead to the rethinking of rea...

A book that has never been out of print since it was published today in 1678, we look at puritan preacher John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress

Today we remember the ending of the assembly of teh world council of churchhes in Canbera, Australia. Looking at the evolution of this inter-church organisation and  the challenges for it 

Today a relatively  peaceful revolution  took place in Mania removing the autocrat Ferdinand Marcos,  We look at the crucial role church leaders played in this