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Feb 9 Unexploded Bomb in Genoa Cathedral
Season 2 Episode 9
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Today we remember how a misdirected shell landed in Genoa Cathedral on Feb 9th 1941 and failed to explode. Called the miracle of St Lawrence.... we look at how people fall back on reli…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 8 The Quaker Benjamin Lay and Anti-Slavery
Season 2 Episode 8
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Today we look at a remarkable character and his powerful witness against slavery, Benjamin Lay. We also look at the spiritual movement, the Quakers, that formed him. Their impressive …
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 7 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Season 2 Episode 6
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Today we remember the apocalyptical and puritanical Savanarola and his Bonfire of the Vanities that was lit today in Florence in 1497
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 6 Mexico's Cristero War
Season 2 Episode 6
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Today we remember the execution on Feb 6 1927 in Mexico of a priest Fr Matteo Correa Magallenes. Exploring the Cristero War in Mexico and the involvement of the US.
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 5 Japan's Hidden Christians
Season 2 Episode 5
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Today in 1597 we go to Nagasaki where 26 Christians were crucified, part of a long persecution against the Church. Forced underground, the 'Kakure Kirishitan' the hidden Christians of …
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 4 Mormons travel to Salt Lake Valley
Season 2 Episode 4
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Today we remember how the Mormons left their Wintering Grounds in 1846 for the last part of their journey to establish the state of Utah. They received directions from an unlikely sourc…
Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Feb 3 Guttenberg and his printing press
Season 2 Episode 3
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Today in 1468, Johannes Guttenberg invented a process for mass-producing movable type; mechanising the process, using adjustable moulds and oil-based ink for printing books. This was an…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Feb 2 Candlemas
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today's celebration of Candlemas is marked in different ways around the world. We look at the origins in scripture, in pre-Christian Roman practices, and how it is remembered from Mexi…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Feb 1 Erasmus and the Bible
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today in 1516 Erasmus dedicated his amendment to St Jerome's New Testament to Pope Leo X. A great achievement by this 'Prince of Humanists', did it unwittingly trigger the reformation?…
Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago
Jan 31 Maronite Church & Lebanese Nationalism
Season 1 Episode 31
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Today in 1867, the Maronite Nationalist Leader Karam was sent into exile by the French. We look at the long fight for Lebanese independence, and today we look at St Maron, the church i…
Published on 11 months ago