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Oct 18, 20215 min read

Oct 4 Rembrandt - painter of the soul

Today in 1669 we travel to Holland where we remember the death of the great Dutch painter Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn. Rembrandt was...

Jul 24, 20214 min read

July 24 Christine, the Beguines & the Bollandists

Today in 1242 the mystic Christine von Stommeln was born near Cologne. We look at her unusual life - and how it took her to the...

Jun 21, 20214 min read

June 20 Fr George Lemaitre and the Big Bang

The pioneering priest and physicist George Lemaitre died today. He is famous for proposing the "Big Bang theory" of the origin of the...

Jun 7, 20214 min read

June 8 Gustavo Gutierrez and Liberation Theology

Gustavo Gutierrez, the Peruvian Dominican priest is seen by many as the father of Latin American Liberation Theology. We look at his...

May 11, 20213 min read

May 12 John Paul II and Fatima's Third Secret

Today, we remember how Spanish ultratraditional priest, Fernández y Krohn assaulted Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. The Pope was in...

May 5, 20214 min read

May 6 The Ghent Altarpiece - the most stolen work of art

Its been described as the most stolen piece of art, the first great oil painting of the Northern Renaissance. A complex multi-panelled...

Jan 30, 20213 min read

Jan 23 - The Netherlands Splits

Today in 1579 a treaty was signed by Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, and the province (but not the city) of Groningen which effectively split...

Jan 21, 20213 min read

Jan 3 - The Apostle to the Lepers

Jozef De Veuster was born today in 1840. He became known worldwide as Father Damien for his life dedicated to and living with lepers in...

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