Second Vatican, Roger Williams, Christ the Redeemer Opened

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, Oct. 7-13, in Church history. They include the opening of Second Vatican, the banishing of Roger Williams from Massachusetts, and the official opening to the public of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer Statue.

Roger Williams Banished From Massachusetts – October 9, 1635

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This week marks the anniversary of when religious dissenter Roger Williams was banished from the Puritans’ Massachusetts colony over his views on church-and-state separation and the treatment of Native Americans.

Following his banishment, the Narragansett tribe helped Williams establish a new settlement that later became the state of Rhode Island. It became a hub for religious…