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Oct 18 Caravaggio and the Mafia
Season 10 Episode 18
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Caravaggio was one of the greatest artists of the European Renaissance. He also lead one of the wildest lives. We look at how one of his paintings was stolen in Palermo. We also look a…
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Oct 17 The Nobel Peace Prize and Mother Teresa
Season 10 Episode 17
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The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the most prestigious prizes in the world. We look at famous Christians who were awarded it , as well as who didn't and the speech given by the first nun …
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Oct 16 The Quantam Physicist who became a priest - Polkinghorne
Season 10 Episode 16
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John Polkinghorne believed that science and religion provided a binocular vision of the truth. He left a prestigious post in Physics and Cambridge University to become an Anglican priest
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Oct 15 How we measure time - Pope Gregory's Calendar
Season 10 Episode 15
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The Gregorian calendar is now almost universally used. This is the story about how Pope Gregory promulgated it after some revisions were made of the Julian Calendar which slightly overe…
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Oct 14 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero
Season 10 Episode 14
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We remember how today the public where given access to this iconic statue of Christ overlooking Rio. With his arms stretched out the statue can be seen anywhere in the city of 7 million…
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Oct 13 The miracle of Fatima as witnessed by 50,000
Season 10 Episode 13
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Today in 1917 reports went around the world of a miracle of the Sun that was witnessed by a crowd of 50.000 in Portugal. The 'miracle' had been predicted by three peasant children from…
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Oct 12 God and Humanity - Analogia Entis, Erich Przywara's universal rhythm
Season 10 Episode 12
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The discussion between Karl Barth and the Polish Jesuit Erich Przywara about the analogy of being - mortal humanities relationship to God the immortal creator, has been one of the riche…
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Oct 11 Vatican 2 Opens
Season 10 Episode 11
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The Second ecumenical council of the Vatican was attended by between 2,100 and 2,300 bishops from all over the world, at its different sessions that lasted 4 years. It was the biggest …
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Oct 10 Carlo Acutis - the first millenial saint
Season 10 Episode 10
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15 year old computer geek Carlo Acutis died of Luekemia in 2005 - he was beatified in 2020. Thousands of people visit his shrine in Assisi every day. Could he become the first millenial…
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Oct 9 Fr Gabrielle Fallopio and Fallopian tubes
Season 10 Episode 9
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The man who ushered anatomy into the renaissance age after stagnating with 1300 years of Galen was Fr Gabrielle Fallopio. He gave his name to the Fallopian tube, Fallopian Canal, and F…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago