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In 1632 the greatest scientist of his time, Galileo Galilei, was forced by the Roman Catholic church to recant his doctrine that the Earth revolved around the Sun. But according to Galileo's biographer, Michael White, there was much more at stake than astronomical theories. Read Transcript
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Before Marco Polo plied the Silk Route to visit the great Khan in the 13th century, the Mughal Emperor sent out a Christian emissary to retrieve relics from Jerusalem and send a message to the Pope. His name was Rabban Sawma. Read Transcript
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Is the central sacrament of the Christian Church a true reflection of what Jesus meant when he said, 'this is my blood' and 'this is my flesh'? Bruce Chilton reveals a different meaning of the Last Supper rite. Read Transcript
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A Dawn Service this Anzac Day at Villers-Bretonneux in France will be the first one of its kind on the Western Front since the end of World War I. Accompanying it will be the historic cross brought from St George's Anglican Cathedral in Perth that was made in 1918 to mark the site where the Western Australian 51st Battalion fought the Germans and turned the tide of the war. Read Transcript
Sunday 3.45pm
repeated Wednesday 8.35pm
Presented by
Rachael Kohn
Sunday 18 May 2008
In 12th Century Northern France, the pursuit of heresy rose to a peak when a former self-confessed heretic, Robert Le Bougre, became a pursuer of heretics.
6pm AEST
The National Interest
with Peter Mares
Local and national focus on the major issues of the week
