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Feb 19 Nicolaus Copernicus
Season 2 Episode 19
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Today in 1473 the mathematician, astronomer, and priest Copernicus was born in Poland. He famously formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the centr…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Feb 18 Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
Season 2 Episode 18
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A book that has never been out of print since it was published today in 1678, we look at puritan preacher John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Feb 17 World Council of Churches
Season 2 Episode 21
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Today we remember the ending of the assembly of teh world council of churchhes in Canbera, Australia. Looking at the evolution of this inter-church organisation and the challenges for …
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Feb 16 People Power in the Philippines
Season 2 Episode 22
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Today a relatively peaceful revolution took place in Mania removing the autocrat Ferdinand Marcos, We look at the crucial role church leaders played in this
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Feb 15 Charbel Makhlouf enters a hermitage
Season 2 Episode 15
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Today we remember the life of a Lebanese Saint who attracts thousands of Christians and Muslims to his grave every month. We look at the purported miracles that surround him,
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Feb 14 Saint Valentine
Season 2 Episode 14
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Today we try and get as close as we can to establishing who St Valentine actually was, and how his feast day has developed over time
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Feb 13 Glencoe Massacre
Season 2 Episode 13
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Today in 1692, thirty members of the MacDonald clan were killed by troops of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment, as an example to the Clan chiefs who were dragging their feet in swearing all…
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Feb 12 The Havana Declaration
Season 2 Episode 12
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Today in 2016 saw the first-ever meeting between a Pope and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, we discuss how it came about and what will come of it
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Feb 11 First Apparition in Lourdes
Season 2 Episode 11
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Today in 1858 a 14-year old girl, gathering firewood outside a grotto in South West France had the first encounter with a young woman which would transform the town and the area.
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Feb 10 Paul shipwrecked in Malta
Season 2 Episode 10
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Today Christians remember how St Paul was shipwrecked in Malta, looking at the story and the historical evidence linked to it
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago