This Week in Christian History: EWTN Launches, Francis Xavier Goes to Japan, Pope Attacks Talmud

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), a Catholic television network founded in 1981 and based in Irondale, Alabama.
Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), a Catholic television network founded in 1981 and based in Irondale, Alabama. | (Photo: EWTN)

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.

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