Andy Royer confessed in 2003 to strangling a 94-year-old woman who lived in his apartment building in Elkhart, Indiana. But Royer, who has mental challenges that make him seem childlike despite his huge size, then asked if he could just go home

Proving Innocence: Tall, Thin and Black

Dec 14th, 2020 23m 28s

In Episode Two, we hear the story of Keith Cooper’s 20-year odyssey to clear his name of a crime he didn’t commit in a town he hardly knew.Cooper tells the story in his words, starting with his arrest in 1997 based on a description of a crime

Proving Innocence: A Club Becomes a Class

Dec 14th, 2020 15m 28s

Episode One traces the origins of the Notre Dame Exoneration Justice Clinic’s rapid growth over the last four years. It began as a student volunteer club in 2016 with some awareness and advocacy events. The students launched into action after

Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land - Episode 1: Origin Story

Nov 14th, 2019 24m 44s

Episode One traces the origins of Notre Dame’s presence in Jerusalem, back to the events of the late 1950s in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council inspired a warming of relations between various Christian traditions, a movement memor

Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land - Episode 2: Unearthing the Past

Nov 14th, 2019 28m 43s

In Episode Two, we explore what may be under the surface of the University of Notre Dame at Tantur. Abraham (Avi) Winitzer, Notre Dame professor of theology, leads a group of students in the first-ever official archaeological survey on the grou

Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land - Episode 3: The Fifth Gospel

Nov 14th, 2019 25m 37s

St. Jerome, who famously translated the Bible into Latin working from the same cave system in which Jesus was born, said: “Five gospels record the life of Jesus. Four you will find in books and the one you will find in the land they call Holy.

Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land - Episode 4: Oasis

Nov 14th, 2019 20m 33s

In the final episode, we explore Tantur using two interpretations of a commonly used metaphor for the place: an oasis. Many people describe the Tantur grounds in terms of its tranquility, beauty and peace. That is certainly true. But the litera

Tantur: Hill in the Holy Land - Trailer

Nov 7th, 2019 2m 54s

Tantur founder Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., once said, “Jerusalem is a place that really catches you in the heart.” And it’s Fr. Ted’s words that we hear first as we introduce the series. But the experience in and around Jerusalem is about m

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