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Oct 23 Chang Kei Shek is baptised in China
Season 10 Episode 23
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Chang Kei Shek was the longest leader of China in the 20th Century - although his later years he spent in Taiwan - escaping from the …
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Oct 22 Tillich - God as the Ground of Being
Season 10 Episode 22
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Paul Tillich became on of Protestantism's most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. His life and career had two parts in Germany…
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Oct 21 Gerard Manley Hopkins - The priest who was a poet
Season 10 Episode 21
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Hopkins has been described as the most influential Victorian Poet with his creative us of language and sprung rhythm. A Jesuit pries…
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Oct 20 Schillebeeckx and the empty tomb
Season 10 Episode 20
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Edward Schillebeeckx was a provocative and influential theologian. His book on Christology today lead him to be invited to Rome to an…
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Oct 19 Solidarity, Poland and the assassination of a priest
Season 10 Episode 19
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Today in1984 the Polish priest Jerzy Popiełuszko was beaten to death by three Security Police officers. He was a friend of Lech Wal…
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Oct 18 Caravaggio and the Mafia
Season 10 Episode 18
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Caravaggio was one of the greatest artists of the European Renaissance. He also lead one of the wildest lives. We look at how one of…
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Oct 17 The Nobel Peace Prize and Mother Teresa
Season 10 Episode 17
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The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world. We look at famous Christians who were awarded it , as well …
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Oct 16 The Quantam Physicist who became a priest - Polkinghorne
Season 10 Episode 16
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John Polkinghorne believed that science and religion provided a binocular vision of the truth. He left a prestigious post in Physics …
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Oct 15 How we measure time - Pope Gregory's Calendar
Season 10 Episode 15
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The Gregorian calendar is now almost universally used. This is the story about how Pope Gregory promulgated it after some revisions w…
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Oct 14 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero
Season 10 Episode 14
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We remember how today the public where given access to this iconic statue of Christ overlooking Rio. With his arms stretched out the …
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