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Otis Moss III grew up in a preacher’s household where he was inspired, at an early age, by the tradition of storytelling. From scripture to superheroes, Moss talks about how storytelling became the way to know “who we are and who we eventually want to be.”

We take our annual look back at the top religion and ethics news of the year—Pope Francis and his priorities, such as helping the poor, and also churches divided over homosexuality and same-sex marriage.

The annual special program looking ahead to the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be following in 2017. Host Bob Abernethy talks with Managing Editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

Watch more of our interview about aging with Buddhist teacher and author Lewis Richmond. “Kindness is one of the gifts older people can bring to a society, because they have seen what happens when kindness disappears from the world. It’s not pretty," he says.

From watching what Pope Francis will do as he finishes his first year to major court cases on religious liberty to immigration reform, it’s our annual look ahead to the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be covering in 2014.

Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. on Tuesday, September 22nd, for five busy days in Washington, New York and Philadelphia. Managing editor Kim Lawton asks American Catholics about the beliefs that shape the Pope's view of the world, and Stephen Schneck and Tom Roberts joins host Bob

Watch additional excerpts from our interview with author and Benedictine nun Joan Chittister. “Our purpose is to present the most humane, spiritual, moral, communal model of life for a world in chaos around us—to be an island of care and cohesion in the midst of all the movement,” she

Watch a March 1, 2013 panel discussion held at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., moderated by Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly's Kim Lawton and Catholic News Service reporter Pat Zapor. Panelists include Ambassador Miguel Diaz, Dr. Margaret Melady, Dr. Stephen Schneck, and Kim Daniels, coordinator

American Catholics, says Rev. Thomas Reese of National Catholic Reporter, live out their faith in the local parish, and "they want to meet somebody like Pope Francis. And if the clergy and the bishops and the people aren’t like Pope Francis, or namely like Jesus, more welcoming, compassionate,

The American Association for the Advancement of Science is offering two-year grants to ten seminaries that incorporate more science into the teaching of theology and religious studies. The effort raises debate about the age-old tension between science and religion, but the purpose of the project is to educate more effective

In our final show before the New Year, we review the top religion and ethics stories of 2016. Host Bob Abernathy is joined by R&E managing editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

Faith groups and religious leaders try to defeat the city’s gun violence crisis; a former US senator questions whether religion has any place in politics.

The Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville has proclaimed September 11 "International Burn a Quran Day." Several American faith groups, including the National Association of Evangelicals, have urged the church to cancel its event. Christian minorities in predominantly Muslim countries are also speaking out, asserting that the plan

The humanitarian crisis mounts as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee war in Syria (Originally aired December 19, 2014); people under the age of 30 leave behind traditional religious affiliations but not necessarily religious beliefs (Originally aired November 7, 2014)

The Pope Meets the Patriarch; Israel Boycott Controversy; Teaching Children About Religion; Wudu: Islamic Washing Before Prayer

Morally Conflicted Voters; Muslim American Voters; African-American Spirituals

Post-Election Analysis; Three Rivers Spirituality

America’s Incarcerated; Haiti Hurricane Relief Update; F.A.R.M. Café

Salt Lake City Refugee Resettlement; Christmas Music Tells the Story; Packing Meals for the Hungry

Restoring the Buffalo; Larry Brilliant; Bethlehem’s Holy Family Hospital

Brexit and London’s Muslim Mayor; Sean Callahan; Shabbat/Sabbath

Mercy Chefs; The Threshold Choir; Hanukkah on the River

In our final show before the New Year, we review the top religion and ethics stories of 2016. Host Bob Abernathy is joined by R&E managing editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

The annual special program looking ahead to the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be following in 2017. Host Bob Abernethy talks with Managing Editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

Religion and the New Trump Administration; Terry Waite

Correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from Dhaka in Bangladesh on garment workers' rights in the wake of a deadly factory collapse in April; Lucky Severson visits the Inner City Muslim Action Network on Chicago's South Side; and we interview members of Heartbeat, a band of young

Examining the ethics of probing the brain to predict violent behavior; A Journey Through NYC Religions is documenting every religious site in New York's five boroughs.