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		THURSDAY April 13, 2000 volume 11, no. 74	To print out entire text of Today's issue, go to	SECTION ONE SECTION TWO SECTION THREE

Historical Events in Church Annals for April 13:

1360 A.D.

This day is called "Black Monday" in England for the entire army of King Edward I is destroyed by an act of God during a freezing hailstorm.

1534 A.D.

Saint Thomas More, loyal to Holy Mother Church, refuses to take the oath to Henry VIII or go along with the English revolt from Rome.

1598 A.D.

Pope Clement VIII acknowledges Henry IV as King of France and accepts the Edict of Nantes which grants the Huguenots religious freedom, civil equality and other rights in France.

1791 A.D.

Pope Pius VI, whose 24 year pontificate included the ten year French Revolution, issued on this date his landmark encyclical Charitas to the Bishops of France over the civil oath they were being forced to take in France during a time when the Church was greatly persecuted.


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