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The Best Episodes of Compass

Every episode of Compass ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Compass!

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.

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    Compass Season 14 Episode 0 - Good Friday Special
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    #1 - Good Friday Special

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    Compass presents a special program for Easter. A time for all of us, believers and non-believers alike to reflect on sacrifice, renewal and hope.

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  2. Compass Season 14 Episode 1 - Rivals for Paradise (Part 1)
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    #2 - Rivals for Paradise (Part 1)

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    It has been a secret war between two rival faiths that has lasted for eighty years. For the Communists, the vision was of workers' paradise here on Earth; for the Catholics it was a heavenly paradise promised after death.

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  3. Compass Season 14 Episode 2 - Rivals for Paradise (Part 2)
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    #3 - Rivals for Paradise (Part 2)

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    An intriguing look at the powerful alliance of Church and State - between Roman Catholicism and the American Government that destroyed the Soviet Empire.

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  4. Compass Season 14 Episode 3 - Black Sea : Voyage of Healing
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    #4 - Black Sea : Voyage of Healing

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    Black Sea : Voyage of Healing mixes environmental issues, nationalist economic issues, mass tourism issues, and Orthodox Church politics into a program which is as much a tourist's travelogue as an information piece.

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  5. Compass Season 14 Episode 4 - The Commitment
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    #5 - The Commitment

    S14:E4

    Finding approaches to abusive families.

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  6. Compass Season 14 Episode 5 - The Time to Die
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    #6 - The Time to Die

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    Filmed over three weeks at St Christopher's Hospice in South East London, it follows the last weeks of Kevin, Hazel and Doris, who are all dying of cancer.

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  7. Compass Season 14 Episode 6 - Papabile
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    #7 - Papabile

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    Who will be the next Pope? As the papacy of John Paul II enters its final phase, there is much speculation about who is likely to succeed him.

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  8. Compass Season 14 Episode 7 - The Slaves Of God
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    #8 - The Slaves Of God

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    The Slaves Of God is a video journey to the all-male "enclosed" Russian and Greek Orthodox Christian monks of this famed peninsula, Mount Athos, in northern Greece.

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  9. Compass Season 14 Episode 8 - Joanna Lumley In The Kingdom of The Thunder Dragon
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    #9 - Joanna Lumley In The Kingdom of The Thunder Dragon

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  10. Compass Season 14 Episode 9 - George Pell
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    #10 - George Pell

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    He is forthright... He has strong convictions... His controversial leadership style has caused friction among his flock. Join Geraldine Doogue for a frank conversation with the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne, George Pell...

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  11. Compass Season 14 Episode 10 - Three Million Gods
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    #11 - Three Million Gods

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    Hinduism is proportionately, the fastest growing religion in Australia today. Whether due to an influx of Hindu migrants of Indian extraction or the increasing involvement of Australians from a Judeo-Christian background.

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  12. Compass Season 14 Episode 11 - Ancient Voices Part 1 - The Mystery Of The Taj Mahal
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    #12 - Ancient Voices Part 1 - The Mystery Of The Taj Mahal

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    Compass heads to India in search of the hidden spiritual message behind one of the world's most elegant wonders.

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  13. Compass Season 14 Episode 12 - Ancient Voices Part 2 - Blood And Flowers
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    #13 - Ancient Voices Part 2 - Blood And Flowers

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    The extraordinary violence and beauty of the Aztec Empire. Behind this artistic and ordered society were Gods who demanded human sacrifice on a massive scale... a story of "Blood and Flowers"...

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  14. Compass Season 14 Episode 13 - Ancient Voices Part 3 - The Lost World Of El Dorado
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    #14 - Ancient Voices Part 3 - The Lost World Of El Dorado

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    The search for El Dorado, the legendary golden kingdom of South America. Did cultural misunderstanding foil the quest for untold riches?

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  15. Compass Season 14 Episode 14 - Ancient Voices Part 4 - Empire Of Death
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    #15 - Ancient Voices Part 4 - Empire Of Death

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    Compass peels back the centuries to investigate the ancient Nubian Empire of North Africa. At its height it challenged the power of the Egyptian pharoahs, but archaeologists have found it may also be one of the earliest examples of a mass suicide cult.

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  16. Compass Season 14 Episode 15 - People Power Part 1 - Civil Society in The Philippines
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    #16 - People Power Part 1 - Civil Society in The Philippines

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    In this special Compass series we look at a quiet global revolution now underway, a new emphasis on the role, significance and power of voluntary, non-profit, community, or non-government organisations, now often called civil society organisations (CSOs). The Philippines is regarded as having one of the strongest and most vibrant civil societies worldwide.

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  17. Compass Season 14 Episode 16 - People Power Part 2 - Civil Society and Volunteering
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    #17 - People Power Part 2 - Civil Society and Volunteering

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    The second in our series on People Power, the quiet but profound revolution underway on how we might meet modern community problems better. It envisages a whole new approach to the spread of power and responsibility within the community....with a shift towards volunteer and non-government groups.

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  18. Compass Season 14 Episode 17 - People Power Part 3 - Civil Society, Government and Corporations
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    #18 - People Power Part 3 - Civil Society, Government and Corporations

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    The last in our three part series on the emergence of a new era of Civil Society. A time of new prominence and power for community and volunteer groups, non-profit and non-government organisations.

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  19. Compass Season 14 Episode 18 - The Martyrs Of Timor
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    #19 - The Martyrs Of Timor

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    We've all read about East Timor , we've seen the Television Footage, heard the results of inquiries, and maybe in some ways , even started to become a bit desensitised to the whole thing.

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  20. Compass Season 14 Episode 19 - Carnley
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    #20 - Carnley

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    The man at the centre of controversy this weekend as he is installed as Australia's newest Church Leader.

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  21. Compass Season 14 Episode 20 - For God Or Caesar
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    #21 - For God Or Caesar

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    Two years ago the government disbanded the CES (Commonwealth Employment Service) and put unemployment services out to tender. Since then Church employment agencies have been major contract winners.

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  22. Compass Season 14 Episode 21 - A Buddhist Retreat
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    #22 - A Buddhist Retreat

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    Buddhism is enjoying increasing popularity in Australia. Compass goes on retreat with one of the foremost teachers of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, Sogyal Rinpoche.

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  23. Compass Season 14 Episode 22 - Stolen Children
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    #23 - Stolen Children

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    Compass examines the role of Churches and Missions in separating Aboriginal children from their families.

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  24. Compass Season 14 Episode 23 - St. Paul's Part One: The New Man
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    #24 - St. Paul's Part One: The New Man

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    Part one looks at the conflicts and clerical politics triggered by the simultaneous arrival at St. Paul's of its new Dean, Dr. John Moses, and its first woman priest, Rev. Lucy Winkett on the occasion of the cathedral's 300th Anniversary.

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  25. Compass Season 14 Episode 24 - St. Paul's Part Two: We Need Money
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    #25 - St. Paul's Part Two: We Need Money

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    We Need Money surveys the difficulties encountered by the new Dean to balance the Cathedral's finances and downsize its institutional staff. In his pursuit of his fiscal obligations, the Dean reveals how Christian humanism may take second place to commercial realities in attending to worldly concerns.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Good Friday Special" is the best rated episode of "Compass". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/21/2000. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Rivals for Paradise (Part 1)".