To all of our loyal ChurchPOP readers, thank you for your support, and Merry Christmas! We pray that you and yours will have a safe, joyful, and holy Christmas day and season. Below is some of our best Christmas-theme content. We hope you enjoy it! The Untold Story of...
The light-hearted video below, produced by the YouTube channel “Lutheran Satire,” is a parody of the 1984 Band Aid song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?“. It’s only meant in fun! [See also: One of the Best Christmas Ads Ever? The Amazing WW1 Christmas Truce of 1914] [See...
It’s become a common claim among atheists and others against religion to say that many pagan gods were born on December 25th. The implication is that the story of Jesus’ life is really just an amalgamation of pagan myths. You may have seen graphics like this floating around: The...
The Dominican Friars of Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage, Alaska apparently like to play ice hockey once everything freezes. Photographer Gavin Duncan snapped some great photos and the result is a lot of fun! Look at that beautiful scenery! You can see more photos here, and you can learn more...
Wow! Talk about a history making document! On December 22nd, 1216 – 800 years ago today – Pope Honorius III promulgated Religiosam vitam, a papal bull officially recognizing the Order of Preachers (also known as the Dominicans, named for their founder St. Dominic). The Dominicans had been around for a few years...
This is what faith looks like. Aleppo, Syria has been a focus of intense fighting between the Assad regime and rebels. Before the civil war, it was the largest city in Syria with over 2 million inhabitants. Today, there are only a few thousand people left, and many of them...
