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  • Dec 15 Freeman Dyson and the two windows of faith and science
    Dec 14 2025

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    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

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    6 min
  • Dec 14 John of the Cross - a suffering reformer
    Dec 13 2025

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    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

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    7 min
  • Dec 13 Saint Lucy
    Dec 12 2025

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    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

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    4 min
  • Dec 12 Examining the Image of Guadalupe
    Dec 11 2025

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    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

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    5 min
  • Dec 11 The man who invented the laser
    Dec 10 2025

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    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 Galaxy

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    5 min
  • Dec 10 Ulster Revival
    Dec 9 2025

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    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

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    5 min
  • Dec 9 Our Lady of Guadalupe
    Dec 8 2025

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    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

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    6 min
  • Dec 8 Archaeology of Jericho and Capernaum
    Dec 7 2025

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

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    6 min