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July 9 Brazil, stampede at a Papal Mass & Dom Helder Camara
Season 7 Episode 9
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Today we look at the unprecedent global journeys of John Paul II, a stampede at a mass in Fortaleza in North East Brazil and its Dom …
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July 8 John Templeton and his Templeton Prize
Season 7 Episode 8
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John Templeton, one of the worlds most generous philanthropist was fascinated by religion and science. His annual prize is bigger th…
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July 7 Alexander Solzhenitsyn repenting in the Gulag
Season 7 Episode 7
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Alexander Solzhenitsyns book the Gulag Archipelago sold over 30million copies and did much to expose the cruelty and lies of Stalins …
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May 28 William Colgate
Season 5 Episode 28
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How a young emigrant to USA had an experience of being born again, which prevented him from being bitter and gave him the resilience …
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May 19 Alcuin of York - Capital letters and miniscule script
Season 5 Episode 19
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The greatest mind of the 8th Century - changed how we read letters, and saved a lot of knowledge from Viking Destruction. Alcuin of Y…
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May 18 The Original Megachurch - Drama and Kidnapping
Season 5 Episode 18
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Today we remember the disappearance of Aimee McPherson a remarkable and pioneering evangelist. And how she reappeared 5 weeks later i…
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May 17 Mapping the Mississippi with Marquette
Season 5 Episode 17
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The Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette and the Canadian Fur Trapper Louis Joillet were the first to explore and map the Mississipi - t…
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May 16 Brendan the Navigator
Season 5 Episode 16
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Did a Celtic Monk called Brendan cross the Atlantic 1000 years before Columbus?
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May 15 Rerum Novarum, the Pope and Revolution
Season 5 Episode 15
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Rerum Novarum was described as ground breaking - the foundational encyclical on Catholic Social Teaching. The only encyclical to spaw…
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May 14 Salem Witch Trials
Season 5 Episode 14
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The infamous Salem Witch trials are now understood to be a bout of Puritan Mass Hysteria - and some historians argue lead to the end …
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