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Mar 21 Papier Mache Papal Tiara
Season 3 Episode 21
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Pope Pius VII lived under the shadow of Napoleon Bonaparte, which led to him being crowned with a papier-mache papal tiara. Today we look …
1 year, 11 months ago
Mar 13 Rev John Harvard and his University
Season 3 Episode 13
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Today a college in Massachusetts was established by vote and named after its largest benefactor the Rev John Harvard, we explore his …
2 years ago
Dec 5 The Requiem of Hector Berlioz
Season 12 Episode 5
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Described as one of the most expansive audio experiences in the classical world - Berlioz's Requiem was commissioned in memory of Fre…
2 years, 3 months ago
June 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology
Season 6 Episode 8
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The Peruvian Dominican Gustavo Gutierrez is seen by many as being the father of Liberation Theology this is his story
2 years, 9 months ago
June 7 Gaudi and the Sagrada Familia
Season 6 Episode 7
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The life of the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi is intertwined with his magnus opus the Sagrada Familia. It changed him and he c…
2 years, 9 months ago
June 6 John Polkinghorne - Faith & Science
Season 6 Episode 6
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John Charlton Polkinghorne was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent voice explaining the r…
2 years, 9 months ago
June 5 The Sermon that inspired the Riot Act
Season 6 Episode 5
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The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn…
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June 3 Hitler's Pope?
Season 6 Episode 3
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Pope Pius XII has long been smeared as being Hitlers Pope, English historian John Cornwell has made a lot of money from it. Today we…
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May 28 William Colgate
Season 5 Episode 28
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How a young emigrant to USA had an experience of being born again, which prevented him from being bitter and gave him the resilience …
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May 11 Irish Monasticism
Season 5 Episode 11
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We look at the life of Comgall, his student Columbanus and the distinctive form of Christian Community that emerged in Ireland. We a…
2 years, 10 months ago