Christianity is a faith with a long and detailed history, with numerous events of lasting significance occurring throughout the ages.
Each week brings the anniversaries of great milestones, horrid tragedies, amazing triumphs, telling tribulations, inspirational progress, and everything in between.
Here are just a few things that happened this week, August 12-18, in Church history. They include a notable missionary arriving in Japan, a pope ordering the destruction of the Talmud, and the first broadcast of a prominent Catholic television station.
EWTN Begins Broadcasting – August 15, 1981
This week marks the anniversary of when Eternal Word Television Network, one of the largest religious media entities in the world, was founded.
Founded by Mother Angelica, EWTN was first broadcast from a television studio that was originally a monastery garage for 4 hours a day to approximately 60,000 homes.
Reportedly the first Catholic satellite television station in the United States, EWTN often financially…
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