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
Elton John's Rocketman for Lent; Young Worshipers and Climate Change; Nigeria's Oscars bid
Every Day Sounds That Make Us Happy; Dissappeared Christian and Black Church Domestic Abuse.
The Skipping Sikh; David Baddiel; Gospel Music
Archbishop of York; Nazir Afzal; Islamic Relief Worldwide
Faith and Kamala Harris; China's Uighar Minority; How to be a Refugee
Lichfield Cathedral Becomes Vaccination Hub; Martin Luther King Day and Sikh Devotional Music
President Trump, white supremacy and Christianity; Children of Catholic Priests; Christmas lights stay on
Religious News Review; Hospital Chaplain; Religion and Vaccine Scepticism
Hope, Devotional music, Cold water swimming
Bethlehem's quiet Christmas, Cardinal Pell's prison journal, Choir's Covid test
Indian farmers' strike; Lock-down Conversions; Christmas Lights at Durham Cathedral
The PC and the hijab; Minecraft Sunday School; National Grief Awareness Week at St Paul's Cathedral
Christmas Carols; Maradona; the Morality of Foreign Aid
Catholic IICSA Response; MuslimPro App; Zoom Choirs
Beirut Statue; Catholic Abuse Report; Who should get the vaccine first?
Remembrance in a pandemic; US Election; Living in Love and Faith
Bobby Ball's Faith; France and Islam; Labour Anti-semitism Report
COVID reflections; Pope Francis and civil partnerships; Bakery for refugees
Gordon Brown; Bishop of Liverpool; Martyrs Book
Amanda Khozi Mukwashi; IICSA reports on the Anglican Church; Jewish weddings
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