Marking Memory - The building lies at the heart of a desolate place : the
concentration and extermination camps of Auschwitz Birkenau. It houses a Centre for
Dialogue and Prayer and it's where Father Manfred Desalaers, Pastor of the German
Bishop's Conference , lives and works . Saint Thomas Aquinas- To mark
the Feast of the great Dominican Master Saint Thomas Aquinas which falls each year
on the 28th January we bring you a programme focusing on the life and
work of Saint Thomas Aquinas . Colosseum - The Colosseum is to be restored
by the founder of Tod’s luxury shoe brand Diego della Valle .Good news then as this
businessman is set to rescue a monument that represents Italy in the world .A restoration
which will certainly no longer use Roman numerals in the calculation process but
presumably take into account the iron pins that hold it together. Join the famed
papal Latinist and connoisseur of all things Roman, Carmelite Father Reginald Foster
, on a very windy day as you’ll hear in a moment... Listen: