Narra las investigaciones de la hermana Boniface del Convento de San Vicente: monja, ciclista, enóloga y científica forense a tiempo parcial.
El cónclave acaba de elegir a Lenny Belardo nuevo Papa de la Santa Iglesia Romana. Un Papa bastante atípico: no sólo por su edad o porque es el primer italoamericano en alzarse con el trono de Pedro, sino también por sus ideas reaccionarias, muy próximas al oscurantismo, que Lenny impone a la fuerza desde las primeras semanas de su papado. Estas ideas podrían cambiar drásticamente la imagen de una de las instituciones más antiguas que existen. Pero Lenny es también un hombre frágil, atormentado por su pasado y por una relación con la fe extremadamente problemática.
Cuando un misterioso secreto modifica la sucesión a la corona inglesa, un inesperado miembro de la familia del Rey Enrique toma el trono. Debido a esto, una lucha de poderes entre Maud, la hija de Enrique, y Esteban, su sobrino, causa que Inglaterra sea destruida por guerra mientras continúa la guerra por ser el verdadero heredero. Al mismo tiempo, el Obispo Waleran Bigod y la familia Hamleigh manipulan el conflicto para satisfacer sus propias ambiciones.
Five very different students navigate life at the Capuchin seminary, facing tough questions of faith under the guidance of a freethinking priest.
Miniserie de TV de 4 episodios. Basada en una novela de Colleen McCullough. Famosa miniserie de televisión ambientada en Australia y centrada en la tortuosa vida del cura católico Ralph de Bricassart (Richard Chamberlain), un ambicioso sacerdote con el corazón dividido entre el amor a Dios y al sacerdocio y el amor terrenal y pasional por la bella e inocente Meggie Carson (Rachel Ward).
Diane, a young woman growing up in Australia in the mid 1960s, walks away from her fiancé to join a convent after being sure she has a calling to the faith. The Catholic Church and its followers are struggling with huge changes. The Pope has died, there is war in Vietnam and mandatory conscription, there is the Vatican controversy on abortion and contraception, and the changing face of the Church as a whole. Told in six parts, Diane faces her own demons and has to finally decide if she can teach what the Church preaches, or if it's simply impossible for her to reconcile all the contradictions of the faith and uphold her vow of obedience.
Ballykissangel is a BBC television drama set in Ireland, produced in-house by BBC Northern Ireland. The original story revolved around a young English Roman Catholic priest as he became part of a rural community. It ran for six series, which were first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1996 to 2001.
Cuenta la historia del padre Michael Kerrigan, un sacerdote católico del norte de Inglaterra que debe luchar sus propias luchas secretas mientras es confidente, consejero y confesor de una comunidad que está luchando para equilibrar su Fe con las duras realidades de la vida cotidiana. El Padre Michael se involucra especialmente con una madre soltera con tres hijos con problemas para incluso alimentar a sus hijos cuando la tragedia la golpea.
Bless Me Father is a British sitcom starring Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri, Gabrielle Daye, Patrick McAlinney, David Ryall, Derek Francis and Sheila Keith. It was aired on ITV from 1978 until 1981 and described the adventures of an Irish Catholic priest, Father Charles Duddleswell and his young curate in the fictional parish of St. Jude's in suburban London. 21 episodes, written by Peter De Rosa, were aired. De Rosa wrote the books on which the series was based using the pseudonym of Neil Boyd which was also the name of the young curate character; Boyd also served as the narrator in the series of novels upon which the series was based. It was made for the ITV network by London Weekend Television.
The series was set in 1950 and 1951 and marked a departure from the middle class 'bank manager' roles associated with Lowe such as that in Dad's Army. The other regular characters included Mrs Pring, the housekeeper, the hard-drinking Dr Daley, the non-religious neighbour Billy Buzzle, and abbess Reverend Mother Stephen.
En una lejana isla australiana, tres monjas católicas, las últimas hermanas de la Orden de Santa Inés, viven en autarquía, olvidadas por todos en un monasterio en ruinas. Cuando un joven sacerdote hace su aparición con la ambición de revender la propiedad, cada uno se ve sacudido por su fe y su pasión. Un cuento épico y fantástico sobre la fe, el amor y la redención.
This intimate documentary series examines the lives and the most significant moments of the papacies of John XXIII, John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis I.
In a world television first, Revelation takes cameras into the criminal trials of notorious Catholic priests accused of sex crimes against children. Through a series of extraordinary interviews filmed during the trials, Revelation uncovers the secret lives and motivations of some of the most reviled men of modern times. How does a man of God become a predator of children? Revelation culminates in the Vatican with the story of a high ranking Cardinal accused of abusing boys in an orphanage in Australia. Across three compelling episodes Revelation presents the deepest portrayal of the culture and system that protected perpetrators of heinous crimes against children.
Bones of Crows es un drama psicológico contado a través de los ojos de la matriarca Cree Aline Spears, mientras sobrevive al sistema de escuelas residenciales de Canadá para continuar la lucha generacional de su familia frente al hambre sistémica, el racismo y el abuso sexual. Bones of Crows se desarrolla a lo largo de cien años con una fuerza acumulativa que nos impulsa hacia el futuro.
In the 1950s, young boys were placed in orphanages and endure harsh and austere living conditions. As a united group, they supported each other and survived despite bullying, hardship and little hope for better days. While these children were doing their best to survive, they had no way to suspect the secret dealings between the clergy, the medical profession and the government that will inevitably seal their fates. The institution faced with a precarious financial situation, the solution is to transform the orphanage into a psychiatric institute in order to obtain additional subsidies. To demonstrate the need for this change in status, the orphans are labeled as insane by the very people who took them in to help them. While their future as orphans was already precarious, they become prisoners of an asylum system from which they have little hope of being able to free themselves even as they grow older.
A number of victims of radical Christian preachers step forward and talk about assault, abuse and exploitation in free churches in Denmark.