EWTN Russicum college, Russian Catholic clergy mid-20th century Russia

[5Loaves]

We just watched on EWTN:Holy Roman Spies: the Vatican’s secret agents, rather unfortunate title.

This film pieces together the incredible odyssey of a group of priests who arrived in the Soviet Union during WWII. The priests were eventually arrested, and some were summarily executed, while others were deported to Gulags.

HOLY ROMAN SPIES: THE VATICAN’S SECRET AGENTS: Program about the priests specifically trained by the Vatican to infiltrate the USSR and minister to their people during the mid-20th century.

Repeating:
Tue 06/29/10 1:30 PM EDT
Thu 07/01/10 5:00 AM

In 1927 the Russicum, the Pontifical Russian College, was established to train clergy for the Russian Catholics in the diaspora and in order to have priests to work in Russia for those who remained in Russia at such time as priests would be allowed in to serve those communities.

 

[5Loaves]

I can’t believe I managed to miss this… Did anyone watch it?

 

[AnthonyJ]

Will they be re-airing it in the near future?