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Sunday: Church yard allotments, Myanmar cyclone, New caritas boss

21/05/2023

Church yard allotments, Myanmar cyclone, New caritas boss

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Church yard allotments, Myanmar cyclone, New caritas boss

Edward Stourton takes a look at some of the ethical and religious issues of the week.

British Catholic, Alistair Dutton is taking the helm of one of the world’s biggest aid organisations.

As the biggest cyclone in the Bay of Bengal in 10 years hits Bangladesh and Myanmar, we explore what this devastation means for the persecuted Rohingya Muslim refugees. Edward Stourton speaks to the Global Advocacy Director for Islamic Reliefs Shahin Ashraf.

We speak to the British Catholic who is taking the helm of one of the world’s biggest aid organisations.  Alistair Dutton has just been appointed as Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, which does relief and development work in more than 200 countries.  He tells Edward Stourton about the challenges of his new role and his hopes for the future of the organisation. 

Many Christians in western countries have been alarmed that the Russian Orthodox Church and its leader Patriarch Kirill have supported Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.  The war has already caused the deaths of thousands of Orthodox Christians.   We speak to the author of a new book which throws light on this and examines how the war has affected religious life in Ukraine.  It's called "Holy Russia, Holy War" and it's by the writer and historian Katherine Kelaidis, Director of Research and Content at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago.

Editor: Tim Pemberton
Presenter: Edward Stourton
Producers: Bara'atu Ibrahim & Catherine Murray
Production Coordinator: David Baguley
Studio Managers: Carwyn Griffith & Phil Booth

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