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Sunday: Christmas Carols; Maradona; the Morality of Foreign Aid

29/11/2020

Christmas Carols; Maradona; the Morality of Foreign Aid

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Christmas Carols; Maradona; the Morality of Foreign Aid

A look at the ethical and religious issues of the week with William Crawley.

It's the first Sunday in Advent and once lock down is lifted Christmas carols will be allowed to be sung outside in all three tiers. Stuart Barr Conductor and founder of "Out to Perform"  talks about the value of live outdoor music during the pandemic and beyond.

Front pages around the world reacted to the death of Diego Maradona with the headlines such as “God is Dead” and “heavenly”. To those in his native Argentina, he is a deified persona for the miracles he worked on the football field.  Although off the pitch he was no saint. Jimmy Burns, author of “The Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona”, explores this paradox and what makes Maradona such a remarkable figure for so many.

The Archbishop of Canterbury has described the decision to cut the UK’s overseas aid budget as “shameful and wrong”. But what is our moral obligation to the poorest people of the world? Director of CAFOD, Christine Allen, and foreign correspondent, Ian Birrell, discuss this with William Crawley.

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