The Pearl of Great Price
The Pearl of Great Price
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July 31 Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a unique centre for Orthodox Christianity, today in 1913 the Russian Navy removed 800 monks. We look at the traditions there and its claim to be Marys Garden
July 30 Johann Sebastian Bach
The greatest of the Baroque composers was a man of profound Lutheran faith, we look at his life
July 29 Humanae Vitae and the issue of 'Reception'
Humane Vitae is the most controversial of papal encyclicals, restating the Church's opposition to artificial birth control. It also marked a moment in the shift of the authority of the Church. It was Pope Paul VI last encyclical. Was it p...
July 26 Padre Pio
The Franciscan friar, Francesco Forgione took the religious name Pius when he entered his order. He lived an unusual life of spiritual intensity and holiness and was strongly persecuted by his religious authorities for 20 years. He ...
July 9 Brazil, stampede at a Papal Mass & Dom Helder Camara
Today we look at the unprecedent global journeys of John Paul II, a stampede at a mass in Fortaleza in North East Brazil and its Dom Helder Camara the bishop who spoke for the poor and instituted the pact of the Catacombs
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