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Apr 9 Encyclicals
Season 4 Episode 9
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Today in 475 the Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus releases an Enkyklikon, a circular letter to the bishops of his empire about the Monophysite controversy. These encyclicals have become a …
Published on 2 years, 9 months ago
Feb 22 Ash Wednesday
Season 2 Episode 17
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Today's pod looks at how billions of Christians enter Lent today on Ash Wednesday. Where did this practice come from, what does it mean and how has it evolved?
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Feb 21 Pancake Tuesday and Carnival
Season 2 Episode 16
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What is the link between Mardi Gras, Carnival and Pancake Tuesday? Find out in today's pod.
Published on 2 years, 10 months ago
Nov 30 St John the Unfinished and Duke Wellington
Season 11 Episode 30
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The Episcopal Cathedral in New York is nicknamed St John the Unfinished. Its size and construction has created an acoustic which has lead to some remarkable concerts including Duke El…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Nov 29 Dorothy Day - A unique radical
Season 11 Episode 29
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When Francis became the first pope to address a joint meeting of Congress, Dorothy Day was one of four Americans mentioned by the Pope in his speech . He said of Day: "Her social activi…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
June 4 Silencing Prayer in Schools
Season 6 Episode 4
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We look at the First Amendment of the Constitution of the USA - and its double function of protecting the state from religious control and protecting religion from political control. H…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
May 4 Dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal
Season 5 Episode 4
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Today Alexander VI, the infamous Borgia Pope, issued a papal bull which drew up a line of demarcation dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
May 3 The Sign of the Beast
Season 5 Episode 3
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Today we look at the birth of Uriah Smith and Seventh Day Adventism. Emerging out of a failed prophecy of the End of the World we look at his writings about the Book of Revelation.
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
May 2 Fr Kircher, the Plague and Quarantine
Season 5 Episode 2
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The last polymath of the renaissance era was Fr Antanasius Kircher SJ. Among his many accomplishments he was the first to look at the blood of bubonic plague victims under a microscope …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
May 1 Death of David Livingstone
Season 5 Episode 1
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Perhaps the Westerner who did more to shape thinking about Africa then anyone else. Both a father of European Colonialism and a forerunner of African Nationalism. He died today and this…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago