Apr 26 William Shakespeare's Baptism and hidden messages
Today we remember the earliest record we have of William Shakespeares life - April 26th 1564 the day he was baptised in the Holy Trinity...
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Pearl of Great Price
Apr 23, 20216 min read
Apr 24 Baptism of St Augustine
Today we remember how Augustine of Hippo was baptised by Ambrose in Milan as a 33 year old man - a 'late convert'. His writings and his...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 19, 20213 min read
Apr 20 Angelo Secchi, Spectroscopy and the Papal Yacht
Today the Vaticans astronomer Fr Angelo Secchi came aboard the papal yacht on the Azure waters of the Mediterranean to demonstrate his...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 17, 20216 min read
Apr 18 St Peters Basilica, the biggest church in the world
Today we remember how the cornerstone was laid for St Peters Basilica on the Vatican Hill outside of Rome. We look at the Egyptian...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 16, 20213 min read
Apr 17 The Priest who Mapped the Moon
Today we look at the remarkable life of Giovanni Battista Ricciolo. A priest, professor of astronomer who was the fist person to map the...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Apr 16 Culloden and the Highland Clearances
The Battle of Culloden was the last major battle fought on British soil. It was the end of the Jacobite Uprising and the killed the final...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Apr 14 The Founding of Poland
Conservative thinkers often refer to 'the estate of marriage' - as providing a stabilising influence on society. Today we remember how...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Apr 13 The Pope and the Synagogue
The Jewish people suffered waves of persecution in Rome over the years and a proverb emerged amongst the people ‘The persecution will...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 13, 20213 min read
Apr 12 Saint Giuseppi Moscati - Pioneer of Diabetes
The first modern doctor to be declared a saint died today in 1927. Giuseppe Moscati was a medical practitioner, scientific researcher...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 10, 20213 min read
Apr 11 Pacem in Terris
Today we go back to year 1963 and look at a ground breaking papal encyclical Pacem in terris ( 'Peace on Earth') issued by Pope John...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 9, 20214 min read
Apr 9 Encyclicals
Today in 475 the Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus releases an Enkyklikon, a circular letter to the bishops of his empire about the...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 5, 20213 min read
Apr 5 St Laura Vicuna and domestic abuse
Today in 1891, Laura Carmen Vicuna was born the daughter of Joseph Dominic Vicuña and Mercedes Pino in Santiago de Chile. Living a short...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Apr 4 Easter Sunday
Today in the West, Christians celebrate Easter, the touchstone of the Christian Faith. In todays reflection we look at the boldness of...
Pearl of Great Price
Apr 2, 20214 min read
Apr 3 Richard of Chichester
Today we go back to 1253 where we remember the death of Richard of Chichester. An interesting figure who stood out for his loyalty and...
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Mar 26, 20213 min read
Mar 27 Meister Eckharts eco-mysticism
Today in 1329 Pope John XXII issued a bull condemning some writings of Meister Eckhart as heretical. In todays pod we look at his...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 23, 20214 min read
Mar 24 Papal Inderdicts and Magna Carta
Today in 1208 Pope Innocent III placed an interdict on the whole of England prohibiting clergy from conducting religious services. It...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 21, 20214 min read
Mar 21 - Papier Mache Papal Tiara
Today in an extra-ordinary ceremony Pius VII was crowned Pope in a Benedictine Monastery with a temporary papal tiara made of...
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Mar 20 Death of Cuthbert in Lindisfarne
Today we go back to year 687 and travel to Lindisfarne in the North of England and remember the life of St Cuthbert who died today....
Pearl of Great Price
Mar 15, 20213 min read
Mar 15 Cardinal Manning & Catholic Social Teaching
Today in 1875, Henry Edward Manning was made a cardinal at a consistory convoked by Pope Pius IX, and unusually for Cardinals in the...
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Mar 8, 20213 min read
Mar 7 The New Rite
Today, Pope Paul VI celebrated the first Mass in Italian (rather than Latin) , facing the people, at the church of All Saints in the Via...
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