The Religion and Ethics Report - Separate stories podcast

A year ago, more than a hundred cardinals were deep in conversation, even a little conspiratorial. 
They’d just buried their beloved Pope Francis. 
Now they had to choose a successor to lead 1.4 billion Catholics. But forces outside the church were also trying to shape the result of the conclave. 
In a new book, The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis, we learn about some the extraordinary planning … and plotting. 
GUESTS:
Co-Authors and veteran Vatican reporters Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Pique

The defeat of Viktor Orban’s nationalist government in Hungary is causing ripples from the heart of Europe all the way to the Middle East. 
Orban was a key ally of another nationalist, Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, protecting his government from censure and sanction in the European Union. 
Hungary’s new prime minister Peter Magyar is unlikely to be as friendly. 
GUEST:
Dr Shahar Burla is a contributing editor at The Jewish Independent.

The defeat of Viktor Orban’s nationalist government in Hungary is causing ripples from the heart of Europe all the way to the Middle East. Orban was a key ally of another nationalist, Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel, protecting his government from censure and sanction in the European Union. Hungary’s new prime minister Peter Magyar is unlikely to be as friendly.  
A year ago, more than a hundred cardinals were deep in conversation, even a little conspiracy. They’d just buried their beloved Pope Francis. Now they had to choose a successor to lead 1.4 billion Catholics. But forces outside the church were also trying to shape the result of the conclave. In a new book, The Election of Pope Leo XIV: The Last Surprise of Pope Francis, we learn about some the extraordinary planning … and plotting. 
 Guests:
Dr Shahar Burla is a contributing editor at The Jewish Independent. 
Authors and veteran Vatican reporters Gerard O’Connell and Elisabetta Pique

It’s not just the Iran war that’s inflamed tension between the Vatican and the White House. 
The church has also spoken out against the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on irregular immigration. 
For the Archbishop of Guam, a US territory in the South Pacific, it’s a personal issue. 
Archbishop RYAN JIMENEZ is an immigrant from The Philippines. He’s just been appointed to a top Vatican post and is visiting Australia.
GUEST:
Archbishop Ryan Jimenez is Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña, Guam

The name Walter Dexter has faded into history but during World War I he was one of the British empire’s most famous churchmen. 
He became most decorated military chaplain ever. 
Long before he found his faith in the Anglican Church, he had a rollicking life at sea, plunging into the cultures of Asia and Africa. 
Historian DANIEL REYNAUD has just published Sailor, Soldier Vicar Farmer: The Improbable Life of Anzac Chaplain Water Dexter.
GUEST:
Dr Daniel Reynaud is Emeritus Professor of History at Avondale University and inaugural Visiting Historian at the Anzac Memorial in Sydney's Hyde Park.