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Tomas Halik - A priest from the Czech Republic was ordained clandestinely under communism. Now he has been given many awards including an honorary doctorate from Oxford for his many writings.

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Milan's Cathedral - the biggest in Italy is made up of pink-hued white marble. Canals were dug leading to the construction site, to bring the stone there, It has the most statues and spires in the world and houses the shrine of Charles Borromeo and a nail from the cross of Christ

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This is the story of an assassination attempt on Pope Paul VI at Manila airport. The 'Pilgrim Pope' who was the first to travel on an aeroplane and visit the Holy Land

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The incredible story of John Kitto - who although he became deaf after an accident as a teenager, he became an avid traveller and observer of Eastern Culture. He used what he had experienced and observed to created very popular Biblical Encyclopaedias

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Pope Pius IX had to flee from Rome to escape Garibaldi and the Nationalists. He returned to become a prisoner of the Vatican and called Vatican I - the council that controversially defined infallibility

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One of the greatest composers of sacred music in English was Thomas Tallis. His greatest work composed when he was seventy years old is the 40 voice 'Spem in Alium'. A tapestry of voices about putting hope in God

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The Templars are one of the most controversial orders in the history of the Church. Set up in poverty to protect pilgrims to the Holy Land their power and fortunes rose and fell with the success of the Crusades

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Lumen Gentium was one of the most important documents of Vatican 2. The Churches understanding of itself... the first time ever written, dealing with such themes as the universal call to holiness and salvation outside the church