Faith is front and centre at Cop28 this weekend. The Pope may have missed the climate summit because of health problems but for the first time at the gathering , a Faith Pavilion has been erected. Edward looks at the role religions can play in mobilising support for action on climate change.
Hear about the near death experience involving bright lights and angelic figures that turned a manual labourer into an artist and composer
Edward talks to priest Eugene O'Hagan about the faith of Shane McGowan who died this week at the age of 65. The Pogues's singer described himself as a 'religious fanatic' and a 'free-thinking Catholic'. We'll hear how important his religion was to life and his work.
A World Health Organization team in Gaza has described scenes in the hospitals there as “like a horror movie”, even before the bombing started again this week. Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah, a British-Palestinian surgeon who operated on patients at the Anglican-run al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, has now returned to the UK and tells Edward Stourton about his experiences.
Edward hears from Rachel Goldberg, whose son Hersh was badly wounded when he was taken hostage by Hamas
80th Anniversary of Dunkirk; Forgiveness and Will Hajj Happen?
Keeping fit South Asian style, Navajo Nation, Church post-lockdown
VE Day Anniversary; Christian Charity Crisis; Ramadan Online
'Telephone Lament for Coronavirus', US Lockdown Protests, 'Best of' Streamed Worship.
Chester Mystery Plays go online; Pope Francis on Covid-19; Jewish Chronicle's financial woes
Covid ethical dilemmas; Plants for Passion; Holy Howlers
Covid-19 Funerals; Charity Funding; Fuad Nahdi
Response of Religions to Coronavirus; Worship Online; Mothing Sunday
The Bones of Saint Eanswythe; Christ Church College Dispute; Coronavirus and the Vatican
Digital Religion; International Women's Day; Coronavirus and a South Korean Religious Sect
Vatican "Secret" Archives; Coping with Trauma and Dehli Religious Riots
Doom Paintings, Illegal Schools; Bloomberg and the Jewish Vote
When Gospel Meets Hip-hop; Safeguarding; National Holocaust Memorial
Franklin Graham; Faith and Film; Red Sea Spies
Church of England football; Lawyer to Asia Bibi; The Rule of Benedict
Remembering the Holocaust; RE in Wales; Ezekiel Bread
A Hidden Life, Xenobots, Synagogue Leadership Row
Australian wildfires; China's religious prison camps; a 12th C Monk's diet
The Spirituality of Bees; Celebration Earth and Ethical Veganism.
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