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Aug 18 Filming the Exorcist
Season 8 Episode 18
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Warner Brothers most financially successful film the Exorcist was written by a student of Georgetown University, William Peter Blatty. Based on a true story of a Jesuit directed exorcis…
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Aug 17 Excavating Armageddon
Season 8 Episode 17
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We look at the site of Megiddo, why it was strategically fought over for centuries, and what archaeologists have found there. In Greek it is known as Armageddon.
Published on 1 year, 4 months ago
Apr 16 Operation Baptism - smuggling Jews away from the Nazis
Season 8 Episode 16
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We look at the audacious 'Operation Baptism' which had the blessing of Pope Pius XII. Hundreds of Jews where rescued from Hungary and the Nazis by issuing them with false baptism certif…
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Aug 15 Cologne Cathedral - 632 years in the making
Season 8 Episode 15
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Cologne Cathedral is the largest twin spired Church in the world. Germanys most visited landmark it was regarded as a project to symbolize German nationhood. It houses the relics of th…
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July 25 Tim Le Haye, Left Behind & Armegeddon
Season 7 Episode 25
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Time Le Hayes Left Behind series sold 70 million copies, and is based on a literal interpretation of the Book of Revelation. We look at different schools of eschatology - what will hap…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago
July 24 Christina, the Beguines and the Bollandists
Season 7 Episode 24
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The story of Christina Von Stommeln, the rise of the Beguines and the Bollandists
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July 23 Cuba, Castro and the Hurricane Priest
Season 7 Episode 23
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Fr Benito Vines saved many lives after learning how to recognise and forecast hurricanes. Teaching in the Jesuit College of Belen in Havana, two generations later they were to have an …
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July 22 Mary Magdalene
Season 7 Episode 22
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The Apostle to the Apostles, we look at how our understanding of her has changed, and why has she captured the imagination so much. Pope Francis has raised her status to a major feast t…
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July 21 Marcelo Gleiser - Cosmology, wonder and faith
Season 7 Episode 21
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The humble scientist, a Brazilian Cosmologist who see wonder and curiosity driving our unique minds forward, possibly towards God. Winner of the Templeton Prize and a believer in human-…
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July 20 Buzz Aldrin takes communion on the moon
Season 7 Episode 20
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We look at the famous first moon landing, and how Aldrin chose to mark it privately by taking communion. Why did it remain private and what happened previously in Apollo 8 that made Na…
Published on 1 year, 5 months ago