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…
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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.
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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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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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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…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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