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Dec 24 The First Christmas Crib at Greccio
Season 12 Episode 24
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Francis of Assisi is credited of inventing the Live Crib at his hermitage at Greccio in Italy, this is the story of it
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Dec 23 The Columbus of the Catacombs
Season 12 Episode 23
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Antonio Bosio was a remarkable man who discovered many of the catacombs in Rome. He often risked his life exploring them, risking g…
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Dec 22 The Father and Son who were Popes
Season 12 Episode 22
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Today we look at the papacy of Saint Innocent I who according to St Jerome was the son of the previous pope, which was not a cause f…
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Dec 21 The Wartime radio drama - The man born to be King
Season 12 Episode 21
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Dorothy Sayers wrote a cycle of radio plays about the life of Jesus Christ that has been repeated and reproduced on multiple occasions
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Dec 20 Rev Adam Buddle and the Buddleia
Season 12 Episode 20
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The Buddleia or butterfly bush has become prolific, whilst many countries consider it an invasive species. It was named by Carl Linn…
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Dec 19 Westminster Abbey
Season 12 Episode 19
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Westminster Abbey has become one of the most iconic and important churches in England, the site of many coronations, weddings and bur…
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Dec 18 Hans Kung stripped of the right to teach
Season 12 Episode 18
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The Swiss theologian Hans Kung was very influential as the youngest 'periti' or expert of Vatican 2. As he his theology became more …
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Dec 17 The Nun who helped invent BASIC
Season 12 Episode 17
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Today we look at the life of Sister Mary Keller - the first person to be awarded a PHD in computer science in America alongside Irvin…
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Dec 16 The Ten Booms - Righteous amongst nations
Season 12 Episode 16
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Today we remember the death of Elizabeth Ten Boom in a concentration camp. Just before she died she told her sister Corrie "There is …
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Dec 15 Freeman Dyson and the two windows of faith and science
Season 12 Episode 15
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One of the most creative minds of recent times was the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson, who was given the nickname the cosmic ge…
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