Latest update: 19/08/2011 

- Benedict XVI - politics - religion


The Pope's visit: the role of religion today? (part2)

No Flash warning
To take advantage of all the features on FRANCE24.COM, please click here to download the latest version of Flash Player.

Benedict XVI is in Madrid for a four day visit, starting off with World Youth Day. An estimated one and a half million people are expected to visit the event, and with that in mind Laura Baines asks her guests if faith could be the answer to many of the ills plaguing modern society? Or does too much focus on the afterlife mean that we neglect the chance to make life on earth better for everybody?

DEBATE
  • Pierre WHALON. Bishop in charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe;
  • Myra MADHY DARIDAN. Egyptian writer, author of "Le Coran raconté aux enfants";
  • Tom HENEGHAN. Religion editor, Reuters;
  • Andrew COPSON. Chief executive, British Humanist Association - from London;
  • Steve MARSHALL. Young participant to World Youth Days - By phone from Madrid.

Watch the first part.

Homegrown terror (part 2)
23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror (part 2)

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings, last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain.
Homegrown terror
23/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Homegrown terror

With attackers who stick around the crime scene to brag, a lot has changed since the July 2005 London bombings. After last year’s Toulouse shootings, last month’s attack on the Boston marathon, François Picard’s panel looks at homegrown terror made in Britain.
Iran: no more surprises? (part 2)
22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises? (part 2)

Is the outcome of Iran’s presidential election a foregone conclusion or will the protest vote coalesce around one candidate? François Picard’s panel argues over just how much the clerics control the process.
Iran: no more surprises?
22/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Iran: no more surprises?

Is the outcome of Iran’s presidential election a foregone conclusion or will the protest vote coalesce around one candidate? François Picard’s panel argues over just how much the clerics control the process.
More English? Non merci (part 2)
21/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

More English? Non merci (part 2)

Is loosening a ban on English-language classes in French universities akin to waving the white flag of surrender or a way of getting the French in on the global conversation? Passions run high in a debate that splits both academics and politicians.

React to the article
Comment this article typing your message in the above text zone. Please note that this is limited to 1500 characters or less.
(2) Reactions

This comment relates to a

by Harrison Picot - 14/11/2012 - 04:01

This comment relates to a broadcast 13 Nov 20012, because there seems to be no other place to put a comment about Laura Baines interview today with a guy from Israel complaining about the Koran and Islam. He said that the Koran had things in it against Jews, but the Torah has no such language. If true why is has Israel been engaged in 60 years of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine? And are Arabs who target Jews anti-semitic or anti-Israeli?
By Laura calling the people who attack Jewish targets as anti-Semitic, she seems to excuse ethnic cleansing that is not exactly a secret; Israeli papers recently reported that a majority of Israeli citizens prefer apartheid (time to apologize for calling Jimmy Carter anti-semitic for saying exactly that in his book). I am not anti-semitic, my ex-wife was Jewish, many of my friends, at least half, are Jewish, but I am against ethnic Cleansing. Being for ethnic cleansing is no different than being for the KKK in the US South, or being for the Nazis. You don't admit to being opposed to riding on bus with a black person, do you? In Israel, some (not all) of the orthodox don't want women to mix with men on buses, and they assault 8 year old girls who dress wrong. Are you for that? Okay, but you are odd, most people are not. Make up your mind not to be prejudiced, there are bad Jews, and bad Arabs, and both can be good. Quit assuming that people who attack Jews care about the Torah, they care about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

The Pope wears gold

by Anonyme - 18/08/2011 - 21:28

These are questions I am constantly struggling with. Can we as a society move past religion and begin founding our morals on something outside of The Bible?

I have painted a painting titled The Pope wears gold in hopes of again spotlighting problem areas that the church continues to cover up. http://www.postmodernrevelation.com

Thank you

james

Read more
Close