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Pearl of Great Price
May 24, 20216 min read
May 25 The Ecumenical Imperative
it’s the 25th of May and on this day in Christian History we go back to year 1995 and travel to Rome where Ut Unum Sint, the first...
Pearl of Great Price
May 12, 20215 min read
May 13 The Shooting of John Paul II
Today we remember an assassination attempt that shocked the world. Its 1981, the last years of the Cold War, and the early years of the...
Pearl of Great Price
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...
Pearl of Great Price
May 7, 20216 min read
May 8 Jean Vianney rebuilding souls in the ashes of Revolution
The French Revolution became a concerted and violent attempt to build a new Society. Their attempts to De-Christianise the culture were...
Pearl of Great Price
May 6, 20213 min read
May 7 The Pope visits Romania, building bridges with the Orthodox
At the turn of the Millennium the first Slavic Pope, John Paul II made big steps towards reconciliation with the Orthodox Church. This...
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 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
Mar 26, 20213 min read
Mar 25 The emperor who became a monk
Today in 717 we travel to Constantinople when Emperor Theodosius III abdicated and retired to a monastery with his son. In the podcast...
Pearl of Great Price
Feb 6, 20213 min read
Feb 6 Cristeros War
Today we go back to year 1927 and remember the death of Matteo Correa Magallanes an innocent Victim of Mexico's Cristeros War. An...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 30, 20213 min read
Jan 22 - Swiss Guard arrive at Vatican
Today in 1506 the first contingent of 150 Swiss Guards arrives at the Vatican. Why did they arrive? How have their responsibilities...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 29, 20213 min read
Jan 11- Danish Bishop who was father of Geology
Today we go back to year 1638 when Nicholas Steno was born in Copenhagen. He was recently commemorated with a Google Doodle as the...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 26, 20212 min read
Jan 10 John Paul II & Ronald Reagan
On Jan 10 1984 The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years. This was mainly...
Pearl of Great Price
Jan 25, 20213 min read
Jan 7 - Galileo starts a revolution
Today in 1610 the Italian Astronomer Galileo made his first observation of the four largest satellites of Jupiter, which are now named...
Pearl of Great Price
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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