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June 19 Lord Acton - Power corrupts
Season 6 Episode 19
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One of the most intellectually interesting figures of the 19th Century in the UK. A Catholic Historian who specialised in liberty and…
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June 18 Laudato Si
Season 6 Episode 18
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Laudato Si was a ground breaking encyclical from Pope Francis on the call of the poor and the call of the planet. We look at how it s…
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June 17 The Tolpuddle Martyrs
Season 6 Episode 17
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Today the Methodist Lay Preacher George Loveless returned from exile in Tasmania after being pardoned by the British Government. One …
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June 16 Lead Kindly Light - John Henry Newman
Season 6 Episode 16
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A hymn that became an international favourite and used at times of crisis, started on a becalmed boat between Italy and France. We lo…
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June 15 Magna Carta & Bishop Stephen Langton
Season 6 Episode 15
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Getting the tyrannical King John to sign the Magna Carta was a huge moment for individual rights (of barons). By curtailing tyrannic…
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June 14 The Hungarian Church defies the Communists
Season 6 Episode 14
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Church Bells rang out all over the country today to defy the restriction on religious activities enforced by the Communists. Stalin h…
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June 13 Downs Syndrome and Dr Lejeune
Season 6 Episode 13
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Dr Jerome Lejeune was the first to identify the double chromosome that caused Downs Syndrome. When the medical profession starting us…
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June 12 Reclaiming St Petersburg from the Communists
Season 6 Episode 12
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A decisive and democratic vote in 1991 returned the title of St Petersburg after it had been called Leningrad for 70 years. It was a…
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June 11 Fulton Sheen the Emmy winning Bishop
Season 6 Episode 11
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Fulton J Sheen was one of the first televangelists. A telegenic, gifted communicator, he had a very fruitful apostolate. Was the vic…
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June 10 Von Harnack and the Theology of Culture
Season 6 Episode 10
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Hugely influential Theologian and Historian, training generations of leaders and teachers in Liberal Protestantism and the Theology o…
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