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Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading in an hostile environment
Season 9 Episode 12
Bishop Richard Challoner has been called the most influential English Catholic of the 18th Century. It was an uneasy time before Catholic Emancipation laws and least safe in London. The Catholic Chu…
Published on 10 hours ago
Sep 11 Defender of Slaves and indigenous peoples - De La Casas
Season 9 Episode 11
Bishop Bartholomew De La Casas chronicled the terrible atrocities that Spanish colonists carried out on the indigenous people of Central and South America. He was appointed protector of the Indians …
Published on 1 day, 10 hours ago
Sep 10 Jung, Religion and Individuation
Season 9 Episode 10
Carl Gustav Jung was one of the most creative thinkers of the 20th Century. The founder of analytical psychology his fascination with religion was life long
Published on 2 days, 10 hours ago
Sep 9 A Theology of Capital - Michael Novak
Season 9 Episode 9
Today we remember the life of Michael Novak - influential author of the Spirit of Democratic Capitalism. He tweaked Weber's famous Protestant Work Ethic and claimed that free capitalist economies ow…
Published on 3 days, 10 hours ago
Sep 8 Discovering Genes as an opportunity to worship
Season 9 Episode 8
Francis Collins the director of the Human Genome Project is a devout Christian. we explore his life today
Published on 3 days, 19 hours ago
Aug 14 Maximilian Kolbe - offering his life at Auschwitz
Season 8 Episode 14
Today we remember how the dynamic Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe offered his life for another at Auschwitz. We look at his rich life, his devotion to the ' Immaculada' and his legacy
Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago
Aug 13 James Joyce, faith and Ulysees
Season 8 Episode 13
The great Irish Writer James Joyce had a confusing and complicated relationship with the Catholic Church. But his books have had a remarkable influence and following
Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago
Aug 12 Golden Roses & Our Lady of Aparecida
Season 8 Episode 12
Today we look at the tradition of Popes handing out Golden Roses that have been blessed on Laudate Sunday. How Paul VI gave one today to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida
Published on 1 month ago
Aug 11 The Cosmology of Deep Ethics - G.F.R Ellis
Season 8 Episode 11
Today we look at the life and thought of George Ellis, committed Quaker and Cosmologist. Co-author with Stephen Hawking of the 'Yellow Peril' a standard text book on General Relativity Theory. Also …
Published on 1 month ago
Aug 10 Salvation outside the Church
Season 8 Episode 10
Today we remember the first papal encyclical that allowed for the possibility of Salvation outside of Church. We look at the history of soteriology - the theology of salvation
Published on 1 month ago