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Feb 9 Unexploded Bomb in Genoa Cathedral
Season 2 Episode 9
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Today we remember how a misdirected shell landed in Genoa Cathedral on Feb 9th 1941 and failed to explode. Called the miracle of St …
4 months, 4 weeks ago
Feb 6 Mexico's Cristero War
Season 2 Episode 6
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Today we remember the execution on Feb 6 1927 in Mexico of a priest Fr Matteo Correa Magallenes. Exploring the Cristero War in Mexic…
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Feb 5 Japan's Hidden Christians
Season 2 Episode 5
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Today in 1597 we go to Nagasaki where 26 Christians were crucified, part of a long persecution against the Church. Forced undergroun…
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Feb 4 Mormons travel to Salt Lake Valley
Season 2 Episode 4
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Today we remember how the Mormons left their Wintering Grounds in 1846 for the last part of their journey to establish the state of U…
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Feb 3 Guttenberg and his printing press
Season 2 Episode 3
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Today in 1468, Johannes Guttenberg invented a process for mass-producing movable type; mechanising the process, using adjustable moul…
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Feb 2 Candlemas
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today's celebration of Candlemas is marked in different ways around the world. We look at the origins in scripture, in pre-Christian…
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Feb 1 Erasmus and the Bible
Season 2 Episode 1
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Today in 1516 Erasmus dedicated his amendment to St Jerome's New Testament to Pope Leo X. A great achievement by this 'Prince of Hum…
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Jan 31 Maronite Church & Lebanese Nationalism
Season 1 Episode 31
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Today in 1867, the Maronite Nationalist Leader Karam was sent into exile by the French. We look at the long fight for Lebanese indep…
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Jan 30 - Oliver Cromwell and two executions
Season 1 Episode 30
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Today in 1661, Oliver Cromwell's dead body was exhumed and beheaded in revenge for his execution of King Charles I on Jan 30 in 1649…
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Jan 29 - Martin Luther's Wife
Season 1 Episode 29
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Today we look at the life of Katarina Von Bora, who after a daring escape from a convent, married Martin Luther, had 6 children and r…
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