Compass (1996)
Series 30
Compass is an Australian weekly news-documentary program screened on ABC Television on Sunday nights. Presented by Geraldine Doogue, the program is devoted to providing information about faith, values, ethics, and religion from across the globe.
Episode 30 min
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Genres: Documentary, News
Keywords: tmdb.christianity, tmdb.religion, imdb.affair, imdb.non-fiction
Network: ABC TV
S30E1 - Pope Francis The Sinner (Part 1)
The Pope who calls himself 'a sinner' is, certainly, a man of contradictions. But who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? How did the man who was loved and loathed by his fellow Jesuits back in Argentina become Pope?
Feb. 28, 2016, midnight
S30E2 - Pope Francis The Sinner (Part 2)
Examines Pope Francis' controversial rise to power from Jesuit to Cardinal and eventual accession to the papacy.
March 6, 2016, midnight
S30E3 - Spotlight On Church Leadership - A Moral Compass Special
The broader implications of the water-cooler conversation: Cardinal Pell at the Royal Commission. With Catholic Church stewardship in the spotlight, what's the effect on church leadership & the impact on the community?
March 13, 2016, midnight
S30E4 - Melany's Remedy
Melany was only 12 when her father died. As a young adult she realised she could no longer shut out the past. Meeting Helen Dunne - a professional shroud maker, was a turning point.
March 20, 2016, midnight
S30E5 - The Assyrians
The Assyrians are a vibrant community who have made a great contribution to Australian life since the 1950's. Persecuted for centuries & a people without a country, their church has become the focus of their cultural identity.
March 27, 2016, midnight
S30E6 - Iceberg
An ultra marathon runner is determined to raise awareness of domestic violence in rural communities by undertaking an 860km run through NSW.
April 3, 2016, midnight
S30E7 - The Moral Compass: Sanctuary
Should Australian churches be offering sanctuary to asylum seekers? Geraldine Doogue is joined by Robert Manne, Anne Henderson, Rod Bower, Peter Kurti & Tim Costello for a Moral Compass special.
April 10, 2016, midnight
S30E8 - A Town Called Brzostek
A small town in Poland becomes the centre of an initiative to improve vexed relations between Poles and Jews by reconsecrating an abandoned Jewish cemetery.
April 17, 2016, midnight
S30E9 - Paddy's War
The bitter conscription debates that raged through the First World War divided Australia. The struggle was embodied by two men, Prime Minister Billy Hughes and Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Daniel Mannix.
April 24, 2016, midnight
S30E10 - Salvado's Letters
When Rosendo Salvado founded the tiny religious community of New Norcia in Western Australia in 1847 he also began an extraordinary correspondence with a dear friend in France.
May 1, 2016, midnight
S30E11 - The Moral Compass: A Good Exit Who Decides?
This week on the Moral Compass "A Good Exit: Who Decides" The complexities of dying in Australia today.
Geraldine Doogue is joined by five guests to grapple with this highly topical issue.
May 8, 2016, midnight
S30E12 - Prison Chaplains (Part 1)
Part one goes inside Cessnock and John Moroney Correctional Centres in NSW where two very different chaplains help offenders meet the challenges of incarceration and find meaning in their lives.
May 15, 2016, midnight
S30E13 - Prison Chaplains (Part 2)
Chaplain Suzie Johnson is an Evangelical Christian with a big heart who works at the Dillwynia Correctional Centre. Zoe and Lesley are inmates who have been profoundly affected by Suzie's support.
May 22, 2016, midnight
S30E14 - Prison Chaplains (Part 3)
Chaplain Kim Miller visits James who will soon be released from Lithgow Correctional Centre. To help James adjust to life on the outside Kim offers him a place at Friendship House. But will James turn up?
May 29, 2016, midnight
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30 min/ep
6810 min
May 29, 2016, midnight
Returning Series
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