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...that the Our Lady of Atonement Cathedral (pictured), consecrated in 1936, is the largest Catholic church building in Baguio City?
...that San Sebastian Church, the only all-steel church in Asia, is threatened by rust caused by the salty sea breeze from nearby Manila Bay?
...that St. Brendan's Church has been a location for two apocalypse movies: the Martian attack in 1953's War of the Worlds and the wedding at the end of Armageddon?

...that St. Cyril of Jerusalem Church (pictured) was the site of the baptism of Clark Gable's son, the wedding of Annette Funicello, and the funeral of Mercury Seven astronaut "Gordo" Cooper?
...that Academy Award winner Going My Way was filmed at St.Monica's , and the irascible old Irish priest character was based on its pastor?
...that police patrolled Incarnation Church during the 2000 funeral of a Hispanic youth killed with a tire iron by Armenian-Americans after a retaliatory shooting at a donut shop?

...that St. Finbar Church (pictured) in Burbank, faced with a dwindling flock and changing demographics, was one of the first U.S. parishes to offer Spanish language Mass?
...that Old Catholic Cemetery was created for Roman Catholics after a yellow fever epidemic struck Mobile, Alabama in the 1830s?
...that a Muslim fundamentalist beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's and carted a statue of Father Serra to a nearby mosque in October 2001?

...that when St. Andrew's Church (pictured) in Pasadena was built in the 1920s, it was compared to "a jeweled crown on the head of a Byzantine queen"?
...that the papal election, 1292-1294 was the last election of a pope which did not take the form of a conclave?
...that having moved to South Africa to start his missionary work at age 22, Joseph Gérard died at age 83 in Lesotho without ever returning to his home country of France?

...that St Mark's Church (pictured) in the small village of Vrba was mentioned in a sonnet by the Slovene national poet?
...that Italian Jesuit priest Sabatino de Ursis moved to China in 1607 to assist Matteo Ricci in his astronomical research, and attempted to reform the Chinese calendar?
...that the Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ was founded to defend the lands of Amaury de Montfort, leader of the Albigensian Crusade?

...that the pastor of Burbank's St. Bellarmine Church (pictured) was a World War I chaplain who modeled the campus on Monticello and Independence Hall?
...that the Order of the Faith and Peace, founded by the Archbishop of Auch c. 1230 for the defence of the peace in Gascony, was patronised by Gaston VII of Béarn?
...that the chief purpose of the military order the Militia of Jesus Christ was to combat heresy?

...that Gregory XV (pictured) was acclaimed as the new pope in the papal conclave of 1621 even though Cardinal Robert Bellarmine had received the most votes in the ballot?
...that the Chronicle of Mann claimed William Russell to have been the first Bishop of the Isles consecrated by the pope, even though he was not consecrated by the pope, and even if he had been, he would not have been the first?
...that in 1128 Geoffrey, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, became the first Abbot of Dunfermline?

...that the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (pictured) in Spain is reputed to be the first church dedicated to Mary through history?"
...that Most Rev. S. Arulappa, Archbishop of Hyderabad, was the youngest to be consecrated as a Roman Catholic Archbishop in India?
...that the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is considered the holiest Catholic shrine in Sri Lanka?"

...that the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health (pictured) is one of the most frequented religious sites in India, drawing nearly 2 million pilgrims annually?
...that early Indian Christians were Nestorians until the arrival of Portuguese in the 16th century introducing Roman Catholicism to the country?
...that English missionary Andrew White, the "Apostle of Maryland," celebrated the first Catholic mass in the original Thirteen Colonies on March 25, 1634 on St. Clement's Island?

...that the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany?
...that Elias Zoghby, a Melkite Catholic archbishop, attempted to re-establish communion between the Melkite Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church while maintaining communion with the Roman Catholic Church?
...that antiquarian Antonio Francesco Gori is alleged to have stolen Galileo's finger when the scientist's remains were transferred in 1737 to Santa Croce, Florence?

...that according to his hagiography, Saint Severus of Naples (pictured) temporarily brought a man back from death in order to testify on the size of his debt and save his widow from slavery?
...that at the Council of Acre in 1148, the decision was made to attack Damascus, leading to the failure of the Second Crusade?

...that the concentration ability of Augustine Fangi reportedly allowed him to undergo an operation without anesthetic and feel nothing?
...that the Prussian Crusade was a series of 13th-century campaigns of crusaders, primarily led by the Teutonic Knights (coat of arms pictured), to Christianize the pagan Old Prussians?
...that the Crusade of Varna was a string of events in 1443–44 between the Kingdom of Hungary, the Serbian Despotate, and the Ottoman Empire that culminated in a devastating Hungarian loss at the Battle of Varna (pictured) on 10 November 1444?
...that the Wendish Crusade was an 1147 campaign of crusaders against the Wends of what is now northern and eastern Germany that forced tribute from the pagan Slavs?
...that Peirol (pictured) supported the Third Crusade and encouraged the kings of Europe to make peace and send aid to the King of Jerusalem?
...that Arnau Mir de Tost is sometimes praised as the "El Cid of the Lands of Lleida" for his foundational role in reestablishing Christian rule in the region to the south of Urgell?
...that the Saladin tithe was a tax, or more specifically a tallage, levied in England and to some extent in France in 1188, in response to the capture of Jerusalem by Saladin in 1187?
... that in 1686 Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, (pictured) a Jesuit convert from Nanking, arrived at the court of James II and became the first recorded Chinese person to visit Britain?
... that French Jesuit missionary and mathematician Guy Tachard was involved in embassies to Siam, which came as responses to embassies sent by the Siamese King Narai to France in order to obtain an alliance against the Dutch?
... that the bronze of Mary atop Mary Star of the Sea, known as the "Fishermen's Church," is lit at night so she can be seen from the Port of Los Angeles harbor?
...that Louise-Magdeleine Horthemels created illustrations of the life of the nuns of the abbey of Port-Royal-des-Champs (pictured), shortly before it was closed on the orders of Pope Clement XI?
... that Cormac mac Cuilennáin, bishop and king of Munster, later considered a saint, was killed in battle in 908 while leading an invasion of Leinster?
... that within the Special Economic Zone SEEPZ, Mumbai lies an abandoned Portuguese church built in 1579?
... that despite nine hundred Roman Catholic churches being built in England in the fifty years after 1791, St John the Baptist's Church (pictured) in Brighton was only the fourth to be consecrated since the Reformation?
... that in 1847 French Admiral Jean-Baptiste Cécille sent a captain to attack Vietnam to obtain the release of a bishop, not knowing the bishop had already been freed?
... that after Roche MacGeoghegan, Bishop of Kildare, died in 1644, his library was divided between his diocese and the Dominican Order?
... that Cardinal Mahony petitioned Rome to name Padre Serra Church after Junipero Serra despite controversy over his treatment of California Indians?
... that Blessed Veronica of Milan unsuccessfully tried to teach herself to read until an apparition of the Virgin told her that spiritual lessons were more important?
... that the Frauenfriedenskirche at Frankfurt am Main (Germany) is an unusual expressionist church, decorated with monumental mosaics?
...that American painter George Cooke's Interior of St. Peter's Rome (pictured), measuring 17 by 23.5 feet, was the largest oil painting of its time, and still ranks among the world's largest?
...that because Fr. Joseph Strub believed the Irish were not seen to be as hard-working as Germans, he specifically requested that Fr. William Power not be selected as the first rector of the Pittsburgh Catholic College?
...that Count John A. Creighton was ennobled by Pope Leo XIII in recognition of his contributions to Creighton University, the Catholic community in Omaha, and the city of Omaha in general?
...that the postage stamps of the Palestinian National Authority have featured many well-known figures, but those with Pope John Paul II (pictured) might be fake illegal stamps?
...that Dutch Catechism, a bestseller with translations sold globally, was issued by bishops of the Netherlands to make the message of Jesus "sound as new as it is"?
...that while Nicholas Fitzherbert was abroad, two priests were arrested in his father's house and hanged drawn and quartered?
...that Italian painter Perugino had probably finished his altarpiece The Virgin appearing to St. Bernard by the time Raphael became his apprentice?
...that a papabile was asked during the papal conclave of 1572 by a representative of King Philip II of Spain to withdraw his candidacy in order to maintain peace in Italy?
...that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church in India?
...that the relatively advanced age and poor health of Pope Paul III contributed to his successful election to the papacy in 1534?
...that six-year-old Antonietta Meo could soon become the youngest saint not a martyr canonized by the Roman Catholic Church?
...that Château Pape Clément, first planted in 1300 by the future Pope Clement V, is the oldest wine estate in Bordeaux?
...that Giovanni Faber (pictured), doctor to the Pope, botanist and art collector, coined the name "microscope"?
...that the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church?
...that the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek were Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth who offered their lives during the Holocaust in exchange for the release of citizens of Nowogródek?
...that legend at Banagher says its church (pictured) was founded by a saint, led there by a stag acting as a lectern and carrying a book on its antlers?
...that French cardinals in the Papal conclave, 1758 vetoed the candidature of cardinal Cavalchini when he was only one vote short of being elected to the papacy?
...that medieval cycles of the Life of the Virgin could have as many as 53 scenes before reaching the Annunciation of her pregnancy?
...that the subject in art of Christ taking leave of his Mother (pictured) has no biblical basis but derives from medieval devotional writing?
...that the Söflingen Abbey in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg is the oldest nunnery of the Order of Poor Ladies in Germany?
...that the Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Chełm, Poland, now a Catholic church, was formerly an Orthodox one?
...that Archbishop John Ireland (pictured) refused to allow the Irish in Saint Paul, Minnesota to have a Saint Patrick's Day parade due to previous celebrations turning into what he called "midnight orgies"?
...that Cassià Maria Just was one of the Catholic Church members in Spain who showed their opposition to Francisco Franco?
...that King Lugaid mac Lóegairi was said by the Vita tripartita Sancti Patricii to have been struck dead by lightning because he mocked Saint Patrick?
...that the Gothic Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (pictured) in Coimbra, Portugal, stayed abandoned under mud and water for over 300 years before it was rescued in an archaeological intervention?
...that, according to the martyrology, the early 4th century Christian martyr Aedesius of Alexandria was tortured and drowned for striking a judge who had been forcing consecrated virgins to work in brothels?
...that St. Patrick's Blue, rather than green, was long the colour most associated with the patron saint of Ireland, and is present on Ireland's Presidential Standard?
...that the Barasoain Church (pictured) , where three major events in Philippine history took place, became known as the Cradle of Democracy in the East?
...that the first act of Paul John Hallinan as Archbishop of Atlanta, an office he assumed in 1962, was to order the desegregation of all Catholic schools and institutions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta?
...that George Crichton's death in 1544 initiated a decade long quarrel over the position of Bishop of Dunkeld until the appointment of his nephew, Robert Crichton?
...that Alan de St Edmund, while in Rome as chaplain to Cardinal Hugh of Evesham, was made Bishop of Caithness (Coat of arms pictured) after its previous bishop-elect died there while seeking consecration?
...that to save weight while walking 1,000 km along the Camino de Santiago, Canadian fiddler Oliver Schroer packed a sleeping bag and clothes around his violin instead of using a case?
...that, after 34 years years as Roman Catholic abbot of Coupar Angus, Donald Campbell converted to Protestantism in 1559, and destroyed the icons and altars of his monastery in Scotland?
...that the Monastery of Jesus ( pictured) in Setúbal, Portugal, the first building associated with the Manueline style, was built by Diogo Boitac?
...that Jacob Dacian, a Franciscan missionary to the P'urhépecha Indians of Mexico, spoke 8 different languages and was probably a son of King John I of Denmark?
...that Giovanni Dominici was initially refused admittance to the Dominican Order because of a speech impediment that was later reportedly cured after intercession by Catherine of Siena?
...that Saint Reineldis (pictured) is commonly depicted in art being dragged by the hair by Huns?
...that the veneration of Saints Felinus and Gratian, which has a weak historical foundation, has been alleged to have been created to further the interests of Perugia?
...that tradition states Severus of Barcelona was given the position of Bishop of Barcelona because a pigeon landed on his head?

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