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May 10 Karl Barth
Season 5 Episode 10
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The greatest Protestant theologian of the 20th Century, today we look at the life and thought of Karl Barth
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May 9 An Assassination tests a Popes Faith
Season 5 Episode 9
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Today we remember the killing of Aldo Moro, former prime minister of Italy and how it tested the faith of an old friend Pope Paul VI
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May 8 Rebuilding in the ashes of a revolution, Jean Vianney
Season 5 Episode 8
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A story of the savage French Revolution - its attempt to de-Christianise France and how a humble priest rebuilt the spiritual lives of his…
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May 7 John Paul II in Romania & the Orthodox
Season 5 Episode 7
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At the turn of the Millennium the first Slavic Pope, John Paul II made bug steps towards reconciliation with the Orthodox Church. This cov…
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May 6 Ghent Altarpiece
Season 5 Episode 6
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Its been described as the most stolen piece of art, the first great oil painting of the Northern Renaissance. A complex multi-panelled pai…
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May 5 Scopes Trial and Teaching Evolution
Season 5 Episode 5
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Today we look at infamous Scopes Monkey Trial and the attempt to overthrow the Butler Act which prohibited teaching evolution in schools. …
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Apr 16 Culloden and the Highland Clearances
Season 4 Episode 16
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We remember the end of the Jacobite Rising on a moorland outside of Inverness. The battle of Culloden was the last battle fought on Britis…
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Apr 14 Doubravka and the founding of Poland
Season 4 Episode 14
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Today in 966 Miesko married Doubravka of Bohemia. A condition of the marriage was that Miesko would be baptised. This lead to a transiti…
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Apr 12 The pioneering Doctor of Diabetes who became a Saint
Season 4 Episode 12
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Dr Giuseppi Moscati from Naples pioneered the early treatment of Diabetes. He was an outstanding medical professional especially to the p…
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Apr 11 Pacem in Terris
Season 4 Episode 11
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Months after the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear annihilation, Pope John XXIII published an encyclical 'Pea…
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