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The Azusa Street Revival was an historic Pentecostal revival meeting that took place in Los Angeles, California and is the origin of the Pentecostal movement. It was led by William J. Seymour, an African American preacher. It began with a meeting on April 9, 1906, and continued until roughly 1915.
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The World Mission Conference was the fourth major missionary conference and had worked at preparing the coordination of Anglican and Protestant missionary societies.
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The World Council of Churches is a worldwide inter-church organisation founded in 1948. The aim of the World council of churches is to pursue the goal of the visible unity of the Church. This involves a process of renewal and change in which member churches pray, worship, discuss and work together.
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Although the Assumption was only relatively recently in November 1st 1950 defined by Pope Pius XII as infallible dogma by the Catholic Church.
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The Assassination Attempt happened in St. Peter's Square at Vatican City. The Pope was shot and wounded by Mehmet Ali Ağca while he was entering the square. The Pope was struck four times, and suffered severe blood loss. Ağca was apprehended immediately, and later sentenced to life in prison by an Italian court.
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Blessed Mother teresa of Calcutta had a big impact on not only the catholic church but on todays society by being kind and caring, she was not shy about standing up for what's right. She devoted her entire life caring for the poor of Calcutta, India. Along with this, she led a very Christian lifestyle. She intertwined the two of these and became a nun.
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John Paul II was a leader wherever he traveled, he spoke against war, racism, communism, dictatorship, materialism, abortion, relativism, unrestrained capitalism, divorce. He had such an impact on every one because he spoke of the way we should love each other and the earth just as jesus did.
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Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio, the first pope from the Americas, took his papal title after St. Francis of Assisi of Italy. Prior to his election as pope.
