Episode list

The life of Christ as seen by the painters of the Renaissance.

A writer's agnosticism drives him to the brink of suicide.

A woman must choose between her husband's wishes and the dictates of her conscience.

The story of a Mexican priest who was executed for rebelling against his government.

Father Kieser narrates the Old Testament story of the Hebrew people and how it relates to the New Testament

A story of a couple that explores the blessings and challenges that come along with marriage, while underscoring the importance of marriage to our society.

Fr. Keiser lecturing on God's existence.

A story about political transition and religion in post-Czarist Russia.

Actor Dan O'Herlihy talks about preserving the strength of America.

Social inequalities spawned by the industrial revolution are examined. A case is made for the responsibility of labor, management, and government to work for just and humane conditions for workers and the poor.

A story of a couple that explores the blessings and challenges that come along with marriage, while underscoring the importance of marriage to our society.

A man has an inner dialogue with himself and others about where to find purpose in life. Some propose pleasure and self-seeking as the answer. After finding those arguments wanting, he wonders if human life itself is futile. Then, in a dialogue with Fr. Kieser, he considers the Christian answer in the love of God and others.

A college sophomore contemplates his growing agnosticism until the birth of his child.

Bill Pearson must re-evaluate his life when he becomes angry and unhappy with the artificial values represented.

Stories from suffering people during the post-World War II time period. Should any human be made to suffer?

The story of three great heroes of the twentieth century: Pope Leo XIII, Pope Pius X Pope Pius XII, who lived and died in defense of freedom, and whose great concern was the dignity of the human person.

The murderer of a young Italian girl comes to repent his crime.

A scientist invents a powerful new laser but wishes to avoid the question of how his research will be used. His wife and his lab assistant cause him to examine his responsibility and the need for humility in the face of such power.

Nazi soldiers attempt to murder Adolf Hitler.

A drama about anti-communist movements focusing on Stalin, Lenin, and Marx.

Ray and Sandra are faced with an important decision: to marry or not to marry.

During the threat of nuclear war, a family discuss the meaning of life, death, and religious belief.

Two hard-working newspapermen remember their quest to promote humanism, but has the philosophy been helped or harmed by its divorce from theology?

The story of Maximillian Kolbe, a prisoner in Auschwitz. Amidst of the most degrading surroundings, he retains his love of life and his faith in God.

A Latin American union leader gets caught up between two extremes: communists who enforce atheism and authoritarianism, and capitalists who ignore people's rights in order to benefit themselves.

A priest in post-war Naples reaches out to the abandoned street kids that fill the city. First, he must win their trust and then convince them that they have a future.

The story of Charles de Foucauld, a Christian martyr in North Africa during World War I.

An American photographer reckons his religious beliefs while visiting the Soviet Union and encountering the nation's atheism.

A pregnant woman confronts her alcoholic husband about his extramarital affairs.

A secretary faces a moral decision when she becomes romantically involved with her boss.

Teenager Danny Henderson chafes under the discipline of his rigid parents, especially when he becomes involved with a neighbor girl whose parents are very permissive. Danny finds himself having to choose between people he cares about.

A Black coach wrestles with his conscience after encouraging his football team to play rough, injuring a white player, in protest of a white supremacist.

A boy steals money from church when he witnesses a "bad man" die during confessions. The battle for his young interests plays out in a carnival fantasy.

The Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church and an arch-priest of the Catholic Church in Russia stand accused of capital crimes for practicing their religion, bringing two branches of the church together under threat of persecution.

Two cousins have a falling-out when one decides to quit the American Communist Party.

A newspaper reporter loses his job due to drinking. Humbled, he must reconstruct his life.

A college professor has second thoughts about changing his career to an executive in advertising.

William Shatner plays a man who decides to take a stand against mobsters who control his community despite the objections of his wife.

Guilt over an abortion causes a marriage to crumble.

A Catholic priest struggles with anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.

A nun studying in a secular university clashes with two of her fellow students over the meaning of love--and her own concerns about the good of her vocation.

A man upset with his life plans to leave his wife for a different woman when he collapses on the ground. In his vision, he's "stuck" in the most luxurious hotel room imaginable with his lover.