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Nov 27 Milan Cathedral - Il Duomo
Season 11 Episode 27
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Milan's Cathedral - the biggest in Italy is made up of pink-hued white marble. Canals were dug leading to the construction site, to bring the stone there, It has the most statues and …
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Nov 26 Paul VI Stabbed in Manila
Season 11 Episode 26
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This is the story of an assassination attempt on Pope Paul VI at Manila airport. The 'Pilgrim Pope' who was the first to travel on an aeroplane and visit the Holy Land
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Nov 25 Biblical Encylopedias and their deaf author
Season 11 Episode 25
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The incredible story of John Kitto - who although he became deaf after an accident as a teenager, he became an avid traveller and observer of Eastern Culture. He used what he had experi…
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Nov 24 Pius XI loses the Papal States & Infallibility
Season 11 Episode 24
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Pope Pius IX had to flee from Rome to escape Garibaldi and the Nationalists. He returned to become a prisoner of the Vatican and called Vatican I - the council that controversially defi…
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Nov 23 Thomas Tallis' Tapestry of Voices
Season 11 Episode 23
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One of the greatest composers of sacred music in English was Thomas Tallis. His greatest work composed when he was seventy years old is the 40 voice 'Spem in Alium'. A tapestry of voi…
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Nov 22 The Knights Templar
Season 11 Episode 22
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The Templars are one of the most controversial orders in the history of the Church. Set up in poverty to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land their power and fortunes rose and fell with th…
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Nov 21 Lumen Gentium - A light for the Peoples
Season 11 Episode 21
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Lumen Gentium was one of the most important documents of Vatican 2. The Churches understanding of itself... the first time ever written, dealing with such themes as the universal call …
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Nov 20 The Little Flower and Two Popes
Season 11 Episode 20
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Terese of Liseux is one of the most popular saints in the church - even though she died relatively unknown at 24. Her 'Little Way' to Holiness was made famous through her autobiography…
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Nov 19 A radical thinker from Uruguay
Season 11 Episode 19
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Alberto Methol Ferrer is one of the most influential thinkers you have never heard of. He was a great friend of the current pope, and used to cross the Rio Grande from Uruguay to see h…
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Nov 18 A little piece of heaven as St Peters is consecrated
Season 11 Episode 18
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St Peters Basilica is world famous and today it was consecrated in 1626
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