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Oct 23 Chang Kei Shek is baptised in China
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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