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Look Back 2013

Season 17 Episode 17

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.

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Pope; Bivocational Pastors; Blind Boys Alabama; Franciscans
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Bivocational ministers work two jobs; Franciscans of the Holy Land; Blind Boys of Alabama
Contraception Mandate; Story of the Jews; Women's Purim
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Religious employers challenge Obamacare; "The Story of the Jews"; Women leading on Purim.
Gun Violence; Dorothy Day; Sikh Children Turbans
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Faith groups gather against gun violence; Dorothy Day; Sikh children learn to tie turbans.
Philomena; Solitary Confinement; Ash Wednesday
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Journey of the Real Philomena; Solitary Confinement; Ash Wednesday
Detroit Bankruptcy and Worker Pensions; Secular Ethics
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Detroit Bankruptcy and Worker Pensions; Secular Ethics; Racial Reconciliation
The Ethics of Whistle-Blowing; Jordan, The Other Holy Land
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Edward Snowden and the ethics of whistle-blowing; and Christians in Jordan
UN Report on Vatican Abuse, Coping with Loss, India's Cows
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Rev. Tom Reese on UN criticism of Vatican; coping with grief; India's sacred cows
Nuns Versus Pipeline, Living Wage Factory
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Sisters of Loretto oppose gas pipeline; an American apparel maker pays his workers fairly.
Jordan's Syrian Refugees, Inoculation Ethics
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Faith-based groups aid Syrian refugees; ethics of refusing to vaccinate children
Camden Priest, Social Entrepreneurship in the Philippines
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Ministering to the poor in Camden; New Jersey; working to end poverty in the Philippines
Typhoon Faith, Tu B'Shevat, Jews and Humor
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Prayer and recovery in the Philippines; a Jewish celebration of trees; Jews and humor
Look Ahead 2014
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What’s likely to make headlines in the New Year?
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