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
Christians in Bethlehem; New Archbishop of York; Catholic Abuse law change
Two Popes, A Green Christmas, and God and the Election
Bikram Yoga Film; Eco Mosque and Megan Phelps-Roper
First Sunday in Advent; Climate Change; Faith and Policing
Rose Hudson-Wilkin; Anti-Semitism and Non-Religious Assemblies
Church Loan Scandal, Religious Vote, Ebola Bishop
Remembrance Sunday, The President's Pastor, Cardinal Nichols
Sentamu, Rebel Monk, IICSA
Uluru; Einstein; Amazon Synod
Westminster Abbey, Gay Sikhs and Gandhi Statue
Canonisation of Cardinal Newman
Witch Map; LGBT+ Mass; Chibok Girls
Handel's Brockes Passion; Unparliamentary language; Religious education
Gender Neutral Babies, Rahmen Chisti, Persecuted Christians
Gun-carrying Pastor, Crowdfunding Ethics, William Blake's beliefs
Should you break a promise, Sacred trees, The legacy of Mugabe
Amazon indigenous tribes, Bishops' Brexit letter, Sogyal Rinpoche
Religion and Music
Legal loopholes, Christian Liberty, conflict resolution and World Humanitarian Day
Sister Helen Prejean, Brexit and the Border, Hong Kong Protests
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