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
The history of 'defrocking' and the story behind a 400-year-old missal
Islamophobia in Ireland; Executed Carmelite nuns; Church closures
Church of England safeguarding; Catholic synod; Vicar's pay
Hexham and Newcastle safeguarding review; conversion therapy; Franco and the Benedictines
Hajj bookings, Ukraine army chaplains, Jewish divorce
Chinese Muslims; Aid for Uganda, Northern Ireland schools
Child abuse, Ron DeSantis, Celebration Day
Church yard allotments, Myanmar cyclone, New caritas boss
Turkey election; Established church; St Francis of Assisi
Coronation Order of Service, Sudan Archbishop, God & Government report
Sri Lanka Easter Bombings; University Term Names; Windermere Children
16/04/2023
Muslim Hikers; Good Friday Agreement; Music in Church
Ramadan Recipes; Christian Nudists; Paul O'Grady and The Salvation Army
A decade of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury, Ramadan rules, Jewish housing
19/03/2023
Live from Rome on a decade of Pope Francis
Windsor Deal; Slave Trade and the Church of England; Oscar Contender
Attacks on refugees; Orthodoxy in Ukraine; school singing project
Ukraine's Religious Freedom Watchdog; Black Jesus; Champing
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