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Feb 02 2025 459 ep. 43 mins 6.5k
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A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week

  Religion & Spirituality
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Bishop of Liverpool resigns; Rowan Williams; Israel-Gaza latest

Feb 02 2025 43 mins  
It has been yet another tumultuous week for the Church of England, which has seen another bishop resign and yet more pressure on the interim leader, Archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell. Julie Etchingham speaks to the Archdeacon of Liverpool, the Venerable Miranda Threlfall-Holmes, who signed the letter asking her Bishop to step aside, and hears from Alicia Kearns, Shadow Minister

Trump & the Bishop; Kerouac's Buddhist years; Ceasefire latest

Jan 26 2025 44 mins  
Emily Buchanan hears reaction from the US to the biggest religious news story of the week: Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde and her sermon addressed to President Trump at the National Prayer Ceremony.It's the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day and we're live at Auschwitz-Birkenau ahead at the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp. A new book of previously unpublished wo

Gaza Ceasefire, Pope Francis' memoir, Franklin Graham

Jan 19 2025 43 mins  
Ed Stourton and guests, from the Middle East and the UK, reflect on the start of the Gaza Ceasefire.Pope Francis has brought out a memoir - "the first by a sitting pontiff" according to the publishers. Two Catholic writers with contrasting views on Francis’ papacy review the book for us.And the American Evangelical leader Franklin Graham speaks to ‘Sunday’ ahead of his promin

Places of worship and LA wildfires; Nobody Wants This Jewish romcom and grooming gangs

Jan 14 2025 43 mins  
This week France marked the 10th anniversary of the attacks on the offices of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which had a history of lampooning Muslim leaders, including the prophet Mohammed. To discuss the long term impact of these events we are joined by Nabila Ramdani, a writer and commentator known for her strong views on the position of Muslims in France.‘Nobody Wants

Jimmy Carter's faith; The Bible in Doric & 2025 for the C of E

Jan 05 2025 43 mins  
The six days of public ceremony to mark the passing of former President Jimmy Carter are underway in the US. Emily Buchanan hears from David Coffey, former General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain about the importance of Mr Carter's faith to his Presidency and life out of office.Among those honoured by the King at New Year is Gordon Hay from Aberdeenshire. He tells S

‘Coolcation’ pilgrimages; The Catholic author who inspired Wicked; Faith in Space

Dec 29 2024 38 mins  
In this last ‘Sunday’ of the year, Emily Buchanan looks back at 2024 and forward to 2025.2024 has been a record breaking year for one of the world's busiest pilgrimage routes - the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The rising numbers of pilgrims, as well as the soaring summer temperatures, mean more people are considering ‘coolcation’ pilgrim trails in countries li

A Plot Against the Pope, Christmas at Great Ormond Street, and the Spirituality of Gold

Dec 22 2024 45 mins  
As Christmas draws near, this week’s Sunday brings the latest religious stories shaping the news agenda.Pope Francis is about to release his autobiography – the first by any pontiff. Among its revelations is a startling account of how UK intelligence foiled an assassination plot during his 2021 visit to Iraq. Colm Flynn, who accompanied the Pope on that trip, shares his insight

Syria; Oasis Restore; Lourdes Liverpool Miracle

Dec 15 2024 43 mins  
The people of Syria have been celebrating again this weekend, with many protestors outside the largest mosque in Damascus deriding the former president, Bashar al-Assad, as a "Zombie". With a sense of relief that Assad is now gone, there is anxiety too about what might follow. William Crawley explores how the new regime will affect the religious make up of the country with Makram R

Notre-Dame reopens, Justin Welby's Lords farewell speech, and faith in Moana 2

Dec 10 2024 43 mins  
Notre-Dame is reopening to the public after 5 years of renovation, following a devastating fire in 2019. But the cathedral is much more than a building - and many secular minded people in France would say that it's much more than a cathedral too. We hear from our Paris Correspondent, Hugh Schofield and commentator Agnes Poirier, author of "Notre Dame - the Soul of France".The Archb

Religion & assisted dying debate; Helen-Ann Hartley on being 'frozen out' by other bishops

Dec 01 2024 39 mins  
The Bishop of Newcastle who called for the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury talks to us about the price she's paid for rocking the boat.Friday's vote by MPs in favour of the Assisted Dying Bill was certainly historic. But did it also feel like a rejection of traditional religious values? We'll explore that claim on today's Sunday with broadcaster Mark Mardell and Directo