Some of the Vatican’s secrets have been revealed in a new book, ”Secretum”, by Massimo Franco. It’s in the form of a series of conversations with Archbishop Sergio Pagano, who has worked in the Vatican archive for 45 years. From stories of Vatican intrigue to a letter written in 1530 by English nobles urging Pope Clement VII to grant Henry VIII an annulment so he could marry Anne Boleyn, Massimo Franco tells Edward about some of the gems in the Archive.
The Inter Faith Network (IFN) is to close after the government withdrew funding because one of its trustees is associated with the Muslim Council of Britain. Since 1987 the IFN has worked to promote understanding and good relations between people of different faiths. Edward talks to IFN’s executive director, Dr Harriet Crabtree and to Zara Mohammed, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain.
Increasingly AI is being used to help people maintain a form of relationship after death, to help preserve a legacy or experiences worth remembering. We hear from the AI version of the actor Ed Asner who died in 2021, from Stephen Smith, CEO of StoryFile, who created it and from Dr Nathan Mladin from Theos whose latest report looks at the pros and cons of how AI is being used in the rapidly changing world of grief tech.
Producers: Amanda Hancox and James Leesley
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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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