A chilling story of the death of 40 Roman Soldiers in Lesser Armenia, in 320. They froze to death rather than renounce their Christian faith.  WIdely celebrated in the Orthodox World as martyrs. 

We look at today's speech by President Reagan to an Evangelical Congress in Florida.  It has gone down in history as the 'Evil Empire Speech' and we examine the context of this and the evangelical base to the Republican Party

We look at the first mass in the vernacular celebrated by Paul VI today in 1965.  The roots of the reform and the consequences since. 

Today we look at the restless life of English missionary and linguist Roger Williams, and how he established the first Baptist Church in Rhodes Island

Today we look at the remarkable life of John Wesley, the beginning of Methodism and the death of 'the most loved man in Britain' 

Today we remember the birth of possibly the greatest artist of all time, Michelangelo.  We look at his work through four classics, the two statues of Pieta and David, the frescos of the Sistine Chapel and the Dome of St Peters in Rome.&nbs...

We look at the life work of Methodist William Oldham, his work in mapping India and setting up Singapore's most prestigious school

Today we remember the founding of the Society of the Holy Cross, SSC by Charles Fuge Lowder, an Anglican order which worked in the slums of big cities

Today we remember the founding of the Labour party and the Methodist lay preacher Kier  Hardy

Today we look at the birth of Charles Sheldon, his publication of In His Steps and the birth of the What Would Jesus Do movement 

A sad story of the mass suicide of 200 pagan Lithuanians defending themselves against the Teutonic Knights today in 1336 

The son of a rich silk merchant makes a radical decision to embrace poverty, the Story of Francis of Assisi. 

Today we remember the birth of George Friderick Handel whose oratario 'Messiah' has become a central part of the Christmas season

Today we look at the life and faith of Frederick Douglass, the first African-American to run for Vice President.  He died today in 1895 but achieved a lot in his life after escaping from slavery himself.

Today in 1473  the mathematician, astronomer, and priest Copernicus was born in Poland. He famously formulated a model of the universe that placed the Sun rather than Earth at the centre of the universe, which lead to the rethinking of rea...

A book that has never been out of print since it was published today in 1678, we look at puritan preacher John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress

Today we remember the ending of the assembly of teh world council of churchhes in Canbera, Australia. Looking at the evolution of this inter-church organisation and  the challenges for it 

Today a relatively  peaceful revolution  took place in Mania removing the autocrat Ferdinand Marcos,  We look at the crucial role church leaders played in this 

Today we remember the life of a Lebanese Saint who attracts thousands of Christians and Muslims to his grave every month. We look at the purported miracles that surround him,

Today we try and get as close as we can to establishing who St Valentine actually was, and how his feast day has developed over time

Today in 1692, thirty members of the MacDonald clan were killed by troops of the Earl of Argyll's Regiment, as an example to the Clan chiefs who were dragging their feet in swearing allegiance to the Protestant William of Orange....  we ex...

Today in 2016 saw the first-ever meeting between a Pope and the head of the Russian Orthodox church, we discuss how it came about and what will come of it

Today in 1858 a 14-year old girl, gathering firewood outside a grotto in South West France had the first encounter with a young woman which would transform the town and the area. 

Today Christians remember how St Paul was shipwrecked in Malta, looking at the story and the historical evidence linked to it

Today we remember how a misdirected shell landed in Genoa Cathedral on Feb 9th 1941 and failed to explode.  Called the miracle of St Lawrence.... we look at how people fall back on religious objects and places during times of war and stres...