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The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast
The Religion and Ethics Report, where religion and ethics meet news and current affairs in Australia and around the world.
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Past British war crimes in Palestine almost 100 years ago haunt the present
A former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority, Victor Kattan, examines the reality of the Trump plan for Gaza.
He also discusses why an al...
How will Archbishop Mullally unite her church?
Sarah Mullally may be a historic choice as the new Archbishop of Canterbury but how will she deal with the chasm that has opened in the world-wide Ang...
Pope Leo exhorts the wealthy not to hoard
Pope Leo XIV has issued his first major statement since assuming office. In a “papal exhortation” titled I Have Loved You, he echoes Francis’s concern...
Do war crimes in Palestine by the British almost 100 years ago haunt the tenuous peace in Gaza?
Victor Kattan, former legal adviser to the Palestinian Authority, examines the reality of the Trump plan for Gaza. He also discusses why an almost 100...
Child brides and violence against women and girls
One in three girls around the world routinely experience violence, according to the United Nations.
And child marriage remains a problem for ma...
The history-making new Archbishop of Canterbury
The world’s 85 million Anglicans have a new spiritual leader, and she’s made history.
Dame Sarah Mullally is the new Archbishop of Canterbury. ...
Can the ancient Greeks help solve our university crises?
The headlines scream about a university sector in crisis.
Are they credential factories or places of pure intellectual inquiry?
For hist...
Child brides a huge global problem
One in three girls around the world routinely experience violence and many are forced into marriage, according to the United Nations. October 11 is In...
Loss of the leader of the world's 17 million Mormans
The leader of the world’s 17 million Mormons, Russell M. Nelson, has died, aged 101.
The former heart surgeon didn’t assume the role of prophet...
Why does a young US Muslim pine for the old-fashioned religious right?
Why would a liberal Muslim who spent his teenage and college years arguing against the power of Christianity in American politics now pine for the old...
Has US Christian nationalism crossed the pond to the UK?
The streets of London recently filled with thousands of protesters taking part in so-called “Unite the Kingdom” rallies.
Many objected to large-...
LDS church leader Russell M Nelson dies at 101
The leader of the world’s 17 million Mormons, Russell Nelson, has died, aged 101. The former heart surgeon didn’t assume the role of prophet until he...
The charismatic Catholic who helped shape the Republican Party
Long before Donald Trump up-ended traditional conservatism in the US, another charismatic figure was re-shaping the Republican Party.
Writer Wil...
First British Royal Catholic funeral in 300 years
History was made this week in Westminster Cathedral in London.
For the first time more than three centuries, a member of the British royal fami...
Post coup Turkish refugees have been fleeing into Greece since 2016
Turkey is home to 3.4 million refugees -- 3.2 million from Syria. Less well-known, are those fleeing Turkey.
Since a failed coup attempt agains...
Can you legislate against hatred?
A landmark report into Islamophobia has urged the government to introduce religious freedom legislation and counter anti-Muslim activity, which – like...
Can legislation stop hatred?
A landmark report into Islamophobia has urged the government to introduce religious freedom legislation and punish anti-Muslim activity, which – like...
Why modern universities are in crisis
Australian universities are in a crisis of funding, governance, and purpose. Are they factories churning out graduates to build national wealth? Or ar...
Trump welcomes end to ban on churches endorsing politicians
In a reward for his most loyal evangelical supporters, Donald Trump has established a task force to end a ban on churches endorsing political candidat...
How multicultural communities are changing voting trends in Australia
The federal Coalition is trying to rebuild relations with multicultural Australia, especially after Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price appeared...
The US reverses ban on churches endorsing politicians
In the US, Donald Trump has welcomed an end to a ban on churches endorsing politicians. Are Australian conservative politicians overlooking an importa...
The Popes Astronomer Brother Guy has his eyes on the heavens
For many, stargazing means swooning over the latest song, tweet, or Instagram post from Taylor Swift.
But for Jesuit brother GUY CONSOLMAGNO, i...
"Death sentence" assured for relocated Gazan Christians say the Jerusalem patriarchs
As Israel intensifies its operations in the Gaza Strip, two of the most significant Christian leaders have declared their priests and nuns will not le...
Psychedelics a no no in the US Episcopal church
Just how liberal do you have to be to be thrown out of the very permissive Episcopal Church in the United States?
That’s what’s happened to one...
Patriarchs say forced relocation of Christians in Gaza a "death sentence"
As Israel intensifies its operations in the Gaza Strip, two of the most significant Christian leaders have declared their priests and nuns will not le...
An Australian perspective on the Patriarchs of Jerusalem statement on Gaza
The Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox patriarchs of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzabella and Theophilos III, have described the forced relocati...
Yazidi genocide by the Islamic State
Benjamin Isakhan is just back from Erbil in Kurdistan.
He attended a conference on the genocide of the Yazidi people at the hands of Islamic S...
Why did Australia just expel the Iranian ambassador?
The implications of Australia severing ties with Iran are potentially serious.
The Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi has been given seven days...
What were the secret meetings about in the Vatican 25 years ago?
In 2000, at a secret meeting in the Vatican, an Australian bishop warned a deluge would soon overwhelm the Catholic Church.
The sex abuse crisi...
Iranian ambassador expelled from Australia after ASIO revelations
The implications of Australia severing ties with Iran are potentially serious.
The Iranian ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi has been given seven days...
Has the first one hundred days of Pope Leo XIV been as exciting as the last 80 years of papacy?
The first hundred days of a president, prime minister, even a pope make lots of headlines. Leo XIV may have less dramatic flair than his predecessor,...
The first one hundred days of Pope Leo XIV and the new stance on Ukraine
The first hundred days of a president, prime minister, even a pope make lots of headlines. Leo XIV may have less dramatic flair than his predecessor,...
The papacy and the battle for the soul of the Catholic Church: Parts 1 and Part 2
If the first hundred days of a papacy can shake up the Catholic church, how much drama occurs over 80 years?
History rolls on, one war ends, an...
Trumps' man in Malaysia causing waves
In our near neighbour, Malaysia, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is facing increasing pressure from the Islamist opposition to take an even stronger stan...
Could the UN actually send forces into Gaza?
With Israel’s plan to go deeper into Gaza, the scenario looks intractable. Israel itself is increasingly isolated on the world stage. So what tools mi...
Vinnies suggests how the government can tackle poverty. Will Chalmers listen?
Treasurer Jim Chalmers convenes his productivity summit next week, trying to balance competing proposals to lower or raise taxes.
The St Vincen...
Could the UN send in the "Blue Helmet" peacekeepers to Gaza?
It seems like an increasingly intractable situation in Gaza, and Israel’s continuing isolation globally over its actions there is not helping the peac...
An investigation into the Toowoomba cult called The Saints
In February this year 14 members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints were sentenced to prison in the Queensland supreme court.
They gro...
The CCP targeting religious communities in Australia
Federal police have charged a Chinese national under the foreign interference laws, after she allegedly tried to infiltrate a Buddhist congregation in...
Are Gaza food drops enough to relieve famine conditions?
Israel has allowed a partial lifting of the blockade of Gaza to permit some food drops to take place.
But are drops from the air enough to alle...