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The First Conclave of the Sistine Chapel - how did the Church develop this way of electing a Pope and what happens

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Bill Wilson said his spiritual experience of 'white light' cured him of his alcoholism.  We look at the foundation of Alcoholics Anonymous and his relationship with Fr Ed Dowling. What are the Twelve Steps and how have they helped so many people

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Dr Grenfel sent by the Fisherman's Mission to Canada's North Atlantic Coast built up a remarkable mission attracting doctors, nurses and clergy from all over the world 

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Today we remember how three boats left Spain travelling West for the Indies and discovered the Americas 

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One of the finest philosophical minds of her age, Edith Stein went from Judaism to agnosticism to Christianity.  Edmund Husserl's assistant, she became a Carmelite Nun and was to die at Auschwitz. 

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Today a British Archeologist discovered a standing stone from the Iron Age which had some remarkable inscriptions

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Lutheran pastor and icon of Christian resistance to the Nazis was executed.  Four months later his parents found out when a memorial service was broadcast on the BBC, 

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Indian Priest and psychotherapist Anthony De Mello sold over 2 million books on spirituality in his life time, fusing Christian Spirituality with Eastern traditions of Daoism and Buddhism. But after he died prematurely on June 2 1987 his work came under critical inspection by the Vatican. Why? 

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The most exciting discovery of modern Archaeology in a cave by the shore of the Dead Sea.  The Dead Sea Scrolls is a huge discovery of nearly 900 manuscripts. Where did they come from and what do they tell us? 

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The 5th conference of Latin American Bishops (CELAM) was in the Mexican shrine of Aparecida. Did this mark a decisive shift to Latin America as a Source Church for the Global Church.  An Argentinian Jesuit, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio oversaw the final report.  He would become Pope Francis