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- Oct 19 Solidarity, Poland and the assassination of a priest
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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 communists
8 min - Oct 18 Caravaggio and the Mafia
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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 at what motivated him and his turbulent life
26 min - Oct 17 The Nobel Peace Prize and Mother Teresa
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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 to be awarded it - Mother Teresa
11 min - Oct 16 The Quantam Physicist who became a priest - Polkinghorne
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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
15 min - Oct 15 How we measure time - Pope Gregory's Calendar
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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 overestimated the solar orbit of planet Earth
9 min - Oct 14 Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janiero
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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 people by anyone,
10 min - Oct 13 The miracle of Fatima as witnessed by 50,000
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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 Fatima who had been seeing a 'Lady of the Rosary' who had urged prayer in order to stop the First World War
15 min - Oct 12 God and Humanity - Analogia Entis, Erich Przywara's universal rhythm
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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 richest between Catholic and Protestant theologians in modern times
12 min - Sep 14 Dom Perignon, Monks and Wine Making
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Now the most famous champagne is named in his honour, Pierre Perignon was a Benedictine Monk who perfected the method of making sparkling wine
8 min - Sep 12 Richard Challoner - leading in an hostile environment
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Bishop Richard Challoner has been called the most influential English Catholic of the 18th Century. It was an uneasy time before Catholic Emancipation laws and least safe in London. The Catholic Church was still illegal after Queen Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity and there were sporadic riots against Catholics. Challoners' life is a case study of successful leadership in a hostile environment
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About The Pearl of Great Price
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A short daily trip down the lane of Christian History. Looking at the fascinating people and events that have shaped a universal civilisation.