Although Catholic schools as we know them today did not come into existence until the about a century after the birth of Christianity, Christian education can be traced back to Biblical times. In fact, Christian education actually predates the establishment of the early church, as a Christian schoo...

The Crusades began formally on Tuesday, November 27, 1095, in a field just outside the walls of the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. On that day Pope Urban II preached a speech to crowds of laypeople attending a Church council at Clermont. In his speech, the pope outlined a plan for a Crusade and ca...