Catholicism
More or Less. Polls, Nuns, Life Partners. Audio, 28 minutes
Is the number of Catholic nuns on the up? And Tim Harford explores polling data.
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Face the Facts. A Thousand Philomenas. Audio, 27 minutes
Investigating a mass grave in Northern Ireland.
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Heart and Soul. Sin and the Confessional, Sin and the Confessional. Audio, 27 minutes
The secret, sacred ritual where sins are forgiven
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Heart and Soul. After Savita. Audio, 27 minutes
Can Ireland allow abortion, however restricted, and still be a Catholic country?
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Heart and Soul. The Man Who Turned The World Upside Down. Audio, 27 minutes
What we can learn about the new Pope from St Francis
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Heart and Soul. Into Choppy Waters. Audio, 27 minutes
Allan Little chairs a special Papal edition from St Peters Square.
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Analysis. Left Turn to Catholic Social Teaching? Audio, 30 minutes
Matthew Taylor examines Labour's interest in Catholic social teaching.
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Heart and Soul. Vatican II. Audio, 27 minutes
William Crawley and guests discuss the legacy of the Second Vatican Council.
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Assignment. Philippines Contraception. Audio, 25 minutes
Kate McGeown reports on the heated debate over contraception in the Philippines.
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Twenty Minutes. William Byrd and Catholicism. Audio, 20 minutes
The Rev Richard Coles hosts a discussion on how William Byrd survived as a recusant.
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Beyond Belief. 03/10/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Ernie Rea and guests discuss the future of Catholicism in the Irish Republic.
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Four Thought. Series 2, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Myth of the Protestant Work Ethic. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Felipe Fernandez-Armesto explodes the myth of the Protestant work ethic.
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Heart and Soul. Bolivia - Day Of The Skulls. Audio, 27 minutes
Andres Schipani reports on a colourful collision of ancient indigenous ritual with Catholicism in La Paz, involving human skulls
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Heart and Soul. Why Remain A Catholic? 1. Audio, 27 minutes
Edward Stourton asks how Catholics negotiate their own moral paths in a church which many feel is deeply discredited.
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The Pope's British Divisions. Audio, 45 minutes
Mark Dowd explores how British Catholicism has changed since the last Papal visit in 1982.
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Beyond Belief. The roots of English Catholicism. Audio, 30 minutes
Ahead of the Pope's visit, Ernie Rea asks what is distinctive about English Catholicism.
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Heart and Soul. A Dictatorship Of Relativism. Audio, 27 minutes
Edward Stourton examines claims that the tolerance which moral relativism is supposed to foster has turned into a new extremism.
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In Living Memory. Series 12, Pope John Paul II in Britain. Audio, 30 minutes
The historic first visit by a Pope to England, Scotland and Wales.
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Heart and Soul. Poland - The Church And The Fall Of Communism. Audio, 27 minutes
20 years after Communism, is Poland still the most Catholic country in Europe?
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Heart and Soul. Delores Hart – From starlet to Mother Prioress. Audio, 26 minutes
Interview with Mother Delores about why she gave up Hollywood for the cloistered life
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Heart and Soul. Women of Conviction – Sister Helen Prejean. Audio, 26 minutes
Sister Helen Prejean on her work on Death Row. Please note: contains disturbing material
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Heart and Soul. Religious Orders help in Alzheimer's Research. Audio, 26 minutes
Why religious orders in the USA are helping researchers into Alzheimer's disease
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