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Pope Leo's health, Mecca pact, vicar fuel costs

October 18, 2026 · 43 min

Catholics around the world will be waiting to see Pope Leo this lunchtime, after he left hospital just yesterday following his operation to treat lung cancer. He's due to make his usual midday address and pray the Angelus from his window…
Death row nun, Beatles’ spirituality, Aslan gender wars

October 11, 2026 · 43 min

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with Emily Buchanan.
Chris Brain, Choral Evensong, Tammy Sandhu

October 4, 2026 · 43 min

On Friday Chris Brain, former leader of a Church group aimed at young people, was found guilty of one count of rape and four charges of sexual assault. It follows a separate trial last year. The verdicts mean Brain has now been convicted…
Jehovah’s Witnesses blood u-turn, billionaire ethics, Laurence Olivier’s vicar father

October 2, 2026 · 44 min

For decades Jehovah's Witnesses have refused blood transfusions on religious grounds. That policy has now changed. Members may now decide for themselves whether to accept or donate red or white blood cells, plasma and platelets, although…
Mullaly Award Saga, John Coltrane, Quran burial

September 20, 2026 · 43 min

The Archbishop of Canterbury has withdrawn an interfaith award from a Pakistani cleric, days after presenting it on the 25 anniversary of 9/11. Comments from 2007 resurfaced in which Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi said he would give Osama bin Laden…

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How should faith leaders respond to the risks around AI?

September 13, 2026 · 44 min

What a week it has been for Doomsday warnings around AI. A researcher resigned from the AI company Anthropic saying colleagues across the industry believe artificial intelligence could kill us all by the end of the decade. Then the boss of…
Nepal-Tibet floods reaction, multi-faith prayer rooms, Gloucester Cathedral's new pipe organ

September 6, 2026 · 44 min

Over a week since the catastrophic floods in Nepal and Tibet, and hundreds of foreign citizens are believed to be among the more than 5,000 people still missing. Among them, a group of 16 Hindu pilgrims who had set off from a small temple…
Nepal's religious geography; Dolly Parton and Gay Christianity

September 1, 2026 · 44 min

Sunday hears the latest from China, on the region devastated by flooding, the attempts to get aid to remote areas and the religious landscape of this region, which features in Hindu scripture and is dotted with sacred lakes and sites of…
Bear Grylls, Rural Recharge, football's religious roots

August 23, 2026 · 44 min

The Chosen is the most successful crowdfunded drama in television history. It tells the story of Jesus of Nazareth through the eyes of his disciples, followers and opponents. Five series are now on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video…
Reflecting on the death of Jason Arday

August 16, 2026 · 43 min

William Crawley and guests reflect on the death of Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor who had been the subject of an investigation into his qualifications amid intense media scrutiny over claims of plagiarism and…
Prisoner of conscience, Sebastia, 'Mandy Burnham'

August 9, 2026 · 44 min

A follower of the Bahá'í faith who is being held by the Iranian regime has published a vivid and shocking memoir of her time in prison. Mahvash Sabet is an award-winning educator and poet. She has been in and out of detention since 2010…
Gaza deal, C of E in Africa, Podcasting nuns

August 2, 2026 · 44 min

US President Donald Trump says an agreement has been reached for the "complete disarmament" of Hamas and other armed groups in Gaza. The deal faces big obstacles, and behind the negotiations lies a deeper question - for a movement that has…