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Oct 28 The Good Pope and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Season 10 Episode 28
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John XXIII was born into a simple farming family and was proud of his humble beginnings. He Was mourned after his death as 'Il Papa Buono' and mas made Time Magazine Man of the year af…
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Oct 27 Constantine, the Edict of Milan and The True Cross
Season 10 Episode 27
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Constantine was the first Roman Emperor to be baptised a Christian, This was an incredible turnaround after many terrible persecutions of the Roman authorities, killing tens of thousan…
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Oct 26 Alfred the Great - Christianity unites England
Season 10 Episode 26
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When Alfred defeated Guthrum at the Battle of Eddington and then proceeded to be his mentor and oversee his baptism - England was at a turning point. From Being the embattled King Of We…
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Oct 25 Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales
Season 10 Episode 25
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Geoffrey Chaucer's stories of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of St Thomas a Becket have lead to him being called the father of English Literature, We look at his life, his writing …
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Oct 24 Chartres Cathedral - Jewel of Civilisation
Season 10 Episode 24
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A series of churches and cathedrals have stood in Chartres since the 4th Century. A testament to resilience and perseverance, the current one dating back nearly eight hundred years is a…
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Oct 23 Chang Kei Shek is baptised in China
Season 10 Episode 23
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Chang Kei Shek was the longest leader of China in the 20th Century - although his later years he spent in Taiwan - escaping from the Communists. Today we remember his baptism due to hi…
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Oct 22 Tillich - God as the Ground of Being
Season 10 Episode 22
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Paul Tillich became on of Protestantism's most influential thinkers of the 20th Century. His life and career had two parts in Germany and the America. Scarred by his experience of World…
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Oct 21 Gerard Manley Hopkins - The priest who was a poet
Season 10 Episode 21
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Hopkins has been described as the most influential Victorian Poet with his creative us of language and sprung rhythm. A Jesuit priest - he had a lifelong struggle balance his poetic im…
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Oct 20 Schillebeeckx and the empty tomb
Season 10 Episode 20
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Edward Schillebeeckx was a provocative and influential theologian. His book on Christology today lead him to be invited to Rome to answer some questions about what he was teaching about…
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Oct 19 Solidarity, Poland and the assassination of a priest
Season 10 Episode 19
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Today in1984 the Polish priest Jerzy Popiełuszko was beaten to death by three Security Police officers. He was a friend of Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement who overthrew the co…
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