Fruit of thy womb

Many religions revere child bearing – how does this affect women unable to conceive?

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Faith versus the virus: Pakistan’s struggle

The struggle between science and faith in Pakistan during the Coronavirus pandemic

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Father Joe

Last year Father Joe Gormley spoke out against Lyra McKee’s murder in Northern Ireland.

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The lives of female Qur'an reciters

Around the world, attitudes differ towards female voices reciting the Qur'an in public

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The US Elections: A Faith Perspective

What role will faith play in determining who will become the next US President?

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Testifying against a Neo-Nazi

Two friends discuss standing up to someone who wants to kill you because of your faith.

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Russia's persecuted Jehovah’s Witnesses

Hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russia are currently being prosecuted for their faith

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Is this Egypt’s #MeToo moment?

Salma El-Wardany on the movement calling out the culture of sexual assault in Egypt.

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The living water

Why is water so important in the lives of believers

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Catholic women and the US elections

Catholic women explain how faith influenced their vote in the US Presidential election.

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Converts amongst the conflict in Belarus

In Belarus, Alina Isachenka meets Orthodox worshippers who have converted to Catholicism

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The Canadian Uighurs

Canadian Uighurs tell Idil Mussa about those who have been through Chinese re-education.

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Jonestown: From socialism to slaughter - Part one

How over 900 Peoples Temple members came to die in the Guyanese jungle

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Jonestown: From socialism to slaughter - Part two

How over 900 Peoples Temple members came to die in the Guyanese jungle

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Black Jesus

Jesus' identity and colour has taken on a new significance in this year of protest.

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To Santa from Shanghai

Unwrapping the myriad meanings of Santa Claus in the “official home of Santa”, Rovaniemi

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Coping with grief

The Archbishop of Canterbury and the UK’s Chief Rabbi discuss coping with losing a child

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Malta: The island where abortion is a crime

Sophia Smith Galer explores the strength of feeling around abortion in Malta

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Three months to save my son's life

We follow the parents of a boy with a genetic disorder as they try to save his life

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The Right Thing: Saving the man who shot me

Shot in ‘revenge’ for 9/11, Rais Bhuiyan tried to save his attacker’s life

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The Right Thing: A life worth living?

A Down’s syndrome diagnosis leads to hard choices and a complicated journey

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Eighteen years in hell

How Aziz BineBine survived captivity in Morocco’s notorious underground jail - Tazmamart.

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Five questions on faith with Melinda Gates

Razia Iqbal speaks to the co-founder of the world's biggest philanthropic organisation

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Creating life after death

A controversial practice is allowing some Israelis to become parents after they have died

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Pope Francis in Iraq: The historic pilgrimage

Colm Flynn talks to Iraqi Christians and Muslims who have come out to welcome Pope Francis

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Modern Midrash

Michael Goldfarb explores being Jewish today through the ancient practice of Midrash.

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Prince belong Vanuatu

The villagers who believe Prince Philip is returning to his ancestral home on their island

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France and its faltering relationship with Islam

John Laurenson meets people on both sides of a fractious debate for Muslims in France

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Black Jewish Lives Matter

Amie Liebowitz looks at stories of black Jewish American activists and their lives.

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Cardinal Pell

The Catholic leader freed after overturning a conviction answers questions from Colm Flynn

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Bob Dylan: Born again

How Bob Dylan’s overlooked Christian gospel period shocked and inspired the world

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George Floyd: One year on

A discussion on the Christian response to George Floyd's murder a year on from his death

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The schools that chain boys

The Islamic schools in Sudan where children are routinely shackled and beaten

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Ministering behind bars

The religious leaders working to rehabilitate prisoners through faith

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Finding my Hinduism

A journey of self-discovery challenging what Hinduism means in the modern era

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Sex, Christianity and purity

Evangelical Christians who pledge to remain ‘pure’ by abstaining from sex before marriage

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Doping, diving and God

How can a champion thank God for a win if they have taken performance enhancing drugs?

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The Uighur poets

The Muslim Uighurs using poetry as support and resistance in the face of persecution

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Should I take the knee?

On the opening day of the Olympics will athletes take the knee and for what reasons?

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Hidden children of the Church

The secret children of supposedly celibate priests

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Malta: The Island where abortion is a crime

Sophia Smith Galer explores the strength of feeling around abortion in Malta.

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The Druze

A religious minority battling for their existence in the Middle East

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Abused online for my faith

The people of faith abused online due to their religion

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The Taliban wanted me dead

The Afghan female judge forced by the Taliban to flee to the UK.

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Ground Zero for God

On the 20th anniversary of 9/11 we hear how it affected the faith of three people

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The Pope's astronomer

A visit to the Vatican Observatory to hear about its fascinating history

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Rebuilding Ise

The sacred Ise Jingu shrine that has been rebuilt every 20 years for the past 1300 years

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The Myanmar mission

The American Christian family supporting the pro-democracy movement in Myanmar

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Getting married the Nigerian way

The sounds, beats and meanings of a Yoruba engagement ceremony

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Activist Sikh

Nina Robinson explores the Sikh spirit of protest and resistance

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Trying to save the Latin Mass

Trying to save the Latin Mass in France

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Heart and Soul Gathering: Birmingham, Alabama

What role do black churches have in the fight for social justice today?

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Young Catholics

Nuala McGovern is in Rome to hear what young Catholics want from their Church

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Marriage in Israel

Why is religious marriage the only option in Israel?

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Young Muslims in France

Young people in Paris discuss what it’s like to be young, French and Muslim

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Religion and climate change in Nairobi

How can religion help in the fight against climate change and protect the environment?

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Heart and Soul Gathering

Buddhism in Cambodia

How is Buddhism developing in Cambodia?

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COP26: Faith and the environment

Rajeev Gupta speaks to climate activists driven by their faith

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Lipa Schmelzer: The Jewish Lady Gaga

Lipa Schmeltzer is a star in the world of Jewish music, but not with traditional music

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The hidden faiths of Northern Ireland

What is life like for people from outside the Catholic-Protestant divide?

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Turning of the bones

A Madagascan family share their Famadihana tradition, the turning of the bones

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America’s abortion wars

Jane O’Brien meets American women of faith on both sides of the abortion debate

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Black, Jewish and proud

Nadine Batchelor-Hunt travels to Israel to explore Black Jewish identity

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Travelling telescope

Love, astronomy and the relationship between faith, spirituality and the cosmos

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Andrea Bocelli: Faith and music

Colm Flynn speaks to the multi-award winning Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli

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Failing faith

Why are so many Polish people abandoning the Catholic church today?

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MH17: Faith after disaster

We meet families who sought solace in their faith after the flight MH17 disaster

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Thai Buddhism: Leaving the monkhood

Why have Thai Buddhist Monks broken with tradition in the internet age?

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From Hong Kong to the UK

We speak to Christian migrants who have fled Hong Kong for a new life in the UK

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The transgender pastor

The Christian minister who had to choose between her gender and her church

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Muslim and lesbian

How a young French-Algerian Muslim chose both her faith and her sexuality

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The Sikh whistleblower

How Pav Gill, a Sikh lawyer living in Singapore, brought down the Wirecard empire

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An estate agent for spirits

How the spirit house tradition has been passed down through generations in Bangkok

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Germany's turbulent priest

Damien McGuinness meets Wolfgang Rothe, a radical priest challenging the Catholic church

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Young Hindus

What do the next generation of Hindus want from their religion?

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Saving Albania's trafficked victims

We speak to Sister Imelda Poole in Albania and her work to prevent human trafficking

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Ukraine: Faith in a time of war

How do you practise your faith in a war zone?

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Emancipation, assimilation and Jewish identity

The emancipation of Europe's Jews and its impact on their sense of identity

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Not even water?

How young Muslims manage Ramadan in their lives and work

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Faith in journalism

What place does religion have in the work of journalists?

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Kenya's last great Laibon

Meet Mokompo, one of Kenya's last laibons or mystic seer, in traditional Maasai culture

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Finding faith on a warship

Rev Louisa Pittman is a female chaplain who helps sailors find faith on the frontline

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After ISIS: Reviving the Jewish history of Mosul

Why history lecturer Omar Mohammad is recovering the lost Jewish history of Mosul

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Qawwali: Music of the soul

The history, influence and enduring legacy of Qawwali music

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LGBTQ+: Religion and me

The interplay of faith, spirituality and LGBTQ+ identity

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The Church's slave plantation: Part one

How have the Church of England's historic slave plantations affected Barbados?

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The Church's slave plantation: Part two

Professor Robert Beckford explores the Christian understanding of reparations

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Faith in science

Why some scientists researching the origins of the universe still believe in a creator

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No country for Azov Greeks

Fleeing war-torn Mariupol, Afina Khadzhynova tries to connect to her Greek roots in Cyprus

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Conversion Norway-style

How Norway’s Christian and Muslim leaders forged a historic pact on the right to convert.

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How do I explain this?

Nikita Gill and Anoushka Shankar share their experiences of a spiritual awakening

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500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Are Muslims Ready for a Female Imam like Seyran Ates?

Female Imams are starting to lead prayers and question some traditional roles of women

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500th Anniversary of the Reformation

An Equal Partnership?

Can mixed prayer groups lead to the ‘spiritual nourishment’ some Jewish women would like?

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500th Anniversary of the Reformation

Africa’s Mother

Mercy Amba Oduyoye uses her faith to challenge many of the practices in African society

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Faith in Freedom

Faith in Freedom: Ingrid Betancourt

Ingrid Betancourt was held hostage in the Amazon jungle for more than six years

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Faith in Freedom

Faith in Freedom: Dr Sina Hakiman

Dr Sina Hakiman talks about how his faith sustained him during imprisonment in Iran

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Faith in Freedom

Faith in Freedom: Shahbaz Taseer

Shahbaz Taseer talks about how his faith sustained him during his imprisonment

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The Right Thing

My son’s killer, next door

For years Mary Johnson couldn’t forgive her son’s killer. Now he is her ‘spiritual son'

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The Right Thing

Making friends with the KKK

The story of Daryl Davis, African-American musician and friend to white supremacists

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