Today we remember the death of Elizabeth Ten Boom in a concentration camp. Just before she died she told her sister Corrie "There is no pit so deep that He [God] is not deeper still." 

One of the most creative minds of recent times was the mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson, who was given the nickname the cosmic genius.   He called himself a non-denominational Christian and had strong views on faith and science

St John of the Cross is now famous for his Dark Night.  He believed that God was nothing and everything, this is the story of the Carmelite reformer and how he suffered

Saint Lucy was one of the most popular saints in the early church and devotion to her still lasts in many parts of the world 

Today was the day when an image was left miraculously on the Tilma of Juan Diego during Our Lady's second apparition to him on the hill of Guadalupe. We look at the image and the recent tests done on it 

Charles H Townes won the Nobel Prize and the Templeton Prize combining his scientific genius with a deep faith.  He believed science and religion were converging, and he invented the laser and discovered the black hole at the centre of our...

We look at a revival in the Protestant Church in Northern Ireland in 1859 which has made Northern Ireland a lot more socially conservative than the rest of Britain 

The appearance of a women to an Aztec Convert on a hilltop outside of Mexico City has had a huge impact on  Mexico as a country. Today we look at the story and the miraculous image which is still venerated widely 

Today we remember the death of Carl Watzinger - the German archaeologist who made historic discoveries in the important biblical sites of Jericho and Capernaum

The final document promulgated at Vatican 2 - Gaudium et Spes was the Church's document about engaging with the world - with the joys and hopes of humanity .  

One of the great wonders of the Natural World - the Niagra falls between Canada and US was first sketched today by a Franciscan explorer

Today we remember how a fire melted metal onto a large piece of linen that was reputed to be the burial cloth of Christ.  When an Italian photographer processed the first negative image of the cloth it wowed the world

Dr Christian Barnaard performed the first heart transplant - we look at his missionary parents and his visit to Pope Paul VI

St Pauls was one of the worlds first Anglican Cathedrals and one the most iconic. This is the story of how and when it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren 

Today we remember how the hermit Charles de Foucault was assisinated by Tuareg bandits. His life and commitment has inspired many movements 

Tomas Halik - A priest from the Czech Republic was ordained clandestinely under communism.  Now he has been given many awards including an honorary doctorate from Oxford for his many writings. 

Milan's Cathedral - the biggest in Italy   is made up of pink-hued white marble. Canals were dug leading to the construction site, to bring the stone there, It has the most statues and spires in the world and houses the shrine of Charles B...

This is the story of an assassination attempt on Pope Paul VI at Manila airport.  The 'Pilgrim Pope' who was the first to travel on an aeroplane and visit the Holy Land

The incredible story of John Kitto - who although he became deaf after an accident as a teenager, he became an avid traveller and observer of Eastern Culture. He used what he had experienced and observed to created very popular Biblical Encyclo...

Pope Pius IX had to flee from Rome to escape Garibaldi and the Nationalists. He returned to become a prisoner of the Vatican and called Vatican I - the council that controversially defined infallibility

One of the greatest composers of sacred music in English was Thomas Tallis.  His greatest work composed when he was  seventy years old is the 40 voice 'Spem in Alium'. A tapestry of voices about putting hope in God 

The Templars are one of the most controversial orders in the history of the Church. Set up in poverty to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land their power and fortunes rose and fell with the success of the Crusades 

Lumen Gentium was one of the most important documents of Vatican 2.  The Churches understanding of itself... the first time ever written, dealing with such themes as the universal call to holiness and salvation outside the church

Terese of Liseux is one of the most popular saints in the church - even though she died relatively unknown at 24.  Her 'Little Way' to Holiness was made famous through her autobiography  The Story of a Soul. Her modesty and 'littlenes...

Alberto Methol Ferrer is one of the most influential thinkers you have never heard of.  He was a great friend of the current pope, and used to cross the Rio Grande from Uruguay to see him regularly in Buenos Aires. His thoughts on theology...