Triumphs and Tragedies
“To be deep into history is to cease to be a Protestant.”
Blessed John Henry Newman
Triumphs and Tragedies 23
The second half of the twentieth century takes us through the papacy of John XXIII, the second Vatican Council and the fallout of this brave attempt to relate the Catholic faith to the modern [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies 22
The twentieth century: Pope Pius X hammers the heresies of modernism, the church flourishes in missionary lands and Europe is plunged into two world wars. The final episode will deal with the Second Vatican [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies 21
The nineteenth century sees a resurgence in the Catholic faith after the terrible devastation of the French Revolution. Pope Pius IX stands up to modernism, but the world is on the brink of the [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 20
This episode takes us into the 18th century in which the church slides into political intrigue, is weakened by a series of ineffectual popes and is devastated by the French Revolution.
Triumphs and Tragedies – 19
The Counter Reformation, the Council of Trent and the struggles between Jansenists and Jesuits. It looks now like there will be 23 episodes. Twenty will cover 18th c. Twenty one - 19th. Twenty two [...]
Triumphs and Tragedies – 18
The second half of the two part episode on the momentous sixteenth century. How can you fit everything in? Luther, Calvin, Renaissance popes, Michelangelo, Raphael, Shakespeare, Henry VIII and his wives and offspring, St [...]