Holy Smoke

By The Spectator

The most important and controversial topics in world religion, thoroughly dissected by a range of high profile guests. Presented by Damian Thompson.

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Holy Smoke episodes:

August 10, 2018 The question of ethnicity that is dividing the Sikh community
With Hardeep Singh, journalist and press officer for Lord Singh of Wimbledon.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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17min
July 27, 2018 Cardinal McCarrick, sex abuse and the shameful silence of the American bishops
The Catholic church is reeling from its most significant sex abuse scandal for many years. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired Archbishop of Washington DC, has been suspended from ministry following a wave of detailed allegations that he molested seminarians.
Damian Thompson is joined by Ed Condon
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19min
July 06, 2018 An atheist goes on a Christian pilgrimage. What’s the point?
The young atheist writer Guy Stagg threw in his job a few years ago to undertake a pilgrimage to Jerusalem via Rome - choosing a hazardous medieval route across the Alps. It nearly killed him: at one stage, trying to cross a broken bridge in Switzerland, he ended up partially submerged in the water, held up only by his rucksack.
On this week’s Holy Smoke podcast, Guy explains why his journey was a pilgrimage, not just travels. And Damian talks to Harry Mount, editor of The Oldie, why he’s irresistibly drawn to church buildings while remaining an unbeliever - albeit an agnostic rather than an atheist.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
Produced by Connor O'Hara and Cindy Yu.
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23min
May 31, 2018 Is the Catholic Church embracing homosexuality?
‘Juan Carlos, that you are gay does not matter. God made you like this and loves you like this and I don’t care. The pope loves you like this. You have to be happy with who you are.'
These are the words allegedly spoken by Pope Francis to a Chilean man. He appears to have pressed the 'delete' button on the Church's teaching that homosexuality is 'intrinsically disordered'. In this Holy Smoke, Damian Thompson talks to Father Alexander Lucie-Smith, in a frank and sensitive discussion on homosexuality and the Church.
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25min
May 15, 2018 Why do we insist on worshipping the NHS?
This summer, adherents of our national quasi-religion are marking the 70th anniversary of its foundation by St Aneurin Bevan. How did a secular model of delivering health care acquire this aura of holiness?
Dr Max Pemberton and the Spectator's Deputy Editor, Freddy Gray talk to Damian Thompson.
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April 23, 2018 Is RepealThe8th the end of the Irish Catholic church?
With Tony Trowbridge.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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17min
April 06, 2018 Why Anglicans and Catholics will never unite
With Ysenda Maxtone Graham, author of the Church Hesitant and regular contributor to The Spectator.
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Presented by Damian Thompson.
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March 23, 2018 The strange death of liberal American Christianity
With Stephen Bullivant, Professor of Theology and the Sociology of Religion at St Mary's University.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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February 23, 2018 Why London’s universities are becoming scary places for Jewish students
With Alastair Thomas.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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February 02, 2018 Is this the beginning of the end for Pope Francis?
With Ed Condon.
Presented by Damian Thompson.
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How many episodes does Holy Smoke have?

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