A Scottish priest spends six decades in China and never once bullies anyone into belief. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray dig into The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) — Gregory Peck's first Oscar-nominated role — and the power of Golden Age faith on film.

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Built without a single nail, carved with dragons, and still standing 800 years later. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the history, theology, and Catholic heritage of Norway's medieval stave churches — and their surprising American descendants.

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Dragons haunt sacred art from Genesis to Revelation, carrying meanings that shift with every century. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace them from the Aberdeen Bestiary through saints, scripture, and the serpent that wore a woman's face.

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Whale-shaped pulpits are real, they're Baroque, and they're loaded with theology. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the Jonah-Christ connection behind the most spectacular preaching platforms in Christendom.

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A proud Venezuelan chief threatened to shoot an arrow at the Virgin Mary. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace the dramatic 1652 apparition, a miraculous image smaller than a fingertip, and the art and feasts of Venezuela's beloved patroness.

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England's smallest cathedral holds one of its most layered stories. Alix Murray and Kathryn Laffrey walk through Shrewsbury Cathedral — its fraught Catholic origins, Margaret Rope's stained glass, and a restoration uncovering what whitewash hid.

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Every apple, pomegranate, strawberry, and almond in sacred art carries theology — and most viewers walk right past it. For episode 50, Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray mark the milestone with a guided tasting of fruit hidden in the margins.

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The tilma's stars play a song. Reflections in Our Lady's eyes show up to 12 figures. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray unpack the hidden science and 3,000-year-old Mesoamerican prophecy woven into the miraculous image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.

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Priestly vestments carry layers of theology, history, and craft. Kathryn Laffrey and Alix Murray trace their Roman roots, unpack every layer from amice to cope, and uncover the extraordinary medieval embroidery still surviving today.

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Did the Shroud of Turin shape the face of Christ in sacred art? Alix Murray, Kathryn Laffrey, and Angela Sealana trace its mysteries, artistic echoes, and the bold claim that this image still changes how we see Jesus.

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