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Reading scripture in unity with Sacred Tradition and the teaching authority of the Church.
Key question: “How does this passage illuminate and cohere with the deposit of faith handed down through Sacred Tradition?”
24,276 sermon illustrations through the Roman Catholic lens
5/1 (1925): The All-China Federation of Trade Unions is officially founded. Today it is the largest trade union in the world, with 134 million members.
3/15 (1877): First ever official cricket test match is played: Australia vs England at the MCG Stadium, in Melbourne, Australia.
7/4 (1960): Due to the post-Independence Day admission of Hawaii as the 50th U.S. state on August 21, 1959, the 50-star flag of the United States debuts in Philadelphia, almost ten and a half months later (see Flag Acts (United States)).
3/17 (1942): Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
11/9 (1943): An agreement for the founding of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration is signed by 44 countries in the White House, Washington, D.C.
2/14 (1961): Discovery of the chemical elements: Element 103, Lawrencium, is first synthesized at the University of California.
12/25 (1776): American Revolutionary War: General George Washington and the Continental Army cross the Delaware River at night to attack Hessian forces serving Great Britain at Trenton, New Jersey, the next day.
3/17 (1985): Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.