Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgFri, 24 May 2013 19:08:43 -0400Fri, 24 May 2013 19:08:43 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/2365016560/This Grammy-Award-winning artist’s new album, "spirityouall," includes his interpretations of classic African-American spirituals as well as songs he composed. Through all of them he hears the influence of his father, Robert McFerrin, Sr., who was an operatic baritone.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365016560/05/23/2013He sings when he prays and prays when he sings.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365016538/Watch more of our interview with the Grammy-award winning artist about his faith and his music.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365016538/05/23/2013Watch more of our interview about faith and music with the Grammy-award winning artist.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365017421/Watch Bobby McFerrin's recent performance of "Fix Me Jesus" in the Sheldon Concert Hall in St. Louis.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365017421/05/24/2013Watch Bobby McFerrin's recent performance of "Fix Me Jesus" in St. Louis.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365017076/Economic prosperity and modernity are beginning to have an impact on religious life in Thailand, a country that is 95 percent Buddhist but that in the last 30 years has seen the number of Buddhist monks decrease by about half.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365017076/05/24/2013Is consumerism diminishing Buddhism's importance in Thai society?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365012642/“If you’re training gay scouts to be, presumably, gay leaders, but then you don’t want gay leaders in the scouts, that’s an odd message to send,” says United Methodist pastor Charles Parker, a former scout. But opponents of the proposal to accept gay scouts say it flies in the face of a basic scouting tenet: the oath boys take to be “morally straight.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2365012642/05/16/2013Seventy percent of all scouting units are sponsored by religious organizations.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365014498/The Boy Scouts of America vote on their longstanding gay ban; the city of Baltimore feels the effects of sequestration; a former White House press secretary graduates from a Methodist theological seminary and says he wants to fix Washington's broken politics; and a Sikh community in northern Virginia teaches parents and children how to wrap a turban.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365014498/05/20/2013Boy Scouts and Gay Ban; Sequestration and the Poor; Mike McCurry on Fixing PoliticsnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365013884/Watch more of our conversation with recent Wesley Theological Seminary graduate Mike McCurry about how religion can promote more civil political discourse in Washington.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365013884/05/17/2013Watch more of our interview about how religion can promote more civil political discourse.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365013144/This former White House press secretary wants to change our bitter political climate and restore “real relationships of trust.” After graduating from Wesley Theological Seminary, McCurry, a United Methodist, says he "felt some sense of call, that God was putting on me a challenge to see if I could do something about this broken world of politics that I've worked in for so long."http://video.pbs.org/video/2365013144/05/17/2013Theological education, he says, can help put right what’s wrong in Washington.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsPoliticsPoliticsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365012649/City governments and programs that help the poor will bear the brunt of the federal budget cuts imposed by sequestration. "Every time we talk about a cut you’re talking about many people who don’t have an expensive lobby in Washington, DC. It’s an economic justice issue, a social justice issue," says Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rollins Blake.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365012649/05/16/2013The impact on programs that help the needy is just starting to be felt.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365010477/We look at the challenges facing those who decide to leave the confines of the tight-knit ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and we visit a program in San Quentin prison that helps inmates deal with the emotional pain at the root of their criminal behavior through meditation and contemplation.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365010477/05/13/2013Leaving Ultra-Orthodox Judaism; Prison Nonviolence ProjectnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365009605/A support group called Footsteps is providing counsel to those who have chosen to leave the confines of the ultra-Orthodox world in which they were raised.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365009605/05/10/2013Why do some Jews dissociate themselves from this conservative religious group?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365009710/"These are safe men. Not only will they not create conflict and violence in your community, they can help resolve it," says Jacques Verduin. His program in San Quentin prison is helping inmates deal with the emotional pain at the root of their criminal behavior.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365009710/05/10/2013Contemplation and meditation are helping criminals become "peacemakers."nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365009132/Watch more of our interview with sociology professor Samuel Heilman about the difficulties of leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365009132/05/09/2013Watch more of our interview about the challenges of leaving the ultra-Orthodox community.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365005474/"Just like we help the veterans who come home from the wars, and they have a lot of challenges, so also we have a responsibility and a need to help these folks as well," says Mike McKay, director of refugee services for Catholic Charities in San Diego.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365005474/05/02/2013Even with help, adjusting to a new life in America is a struggle.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365007130/Haris Tarin of the Muslim Public Affairs Council talks about what US Muslims can do to stop extremism. We meet Iraqi refugees resettling in San Diego and talk with groups such as Catholic Charities and the International Rescue Committee who are helping them adjust to life in America. And we interview John Wood, a former Microsoft executive who founded a nonprofit called Room to Read.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365007130/05/06/2013Muslim Antiterrorism; Iraqi Refugees in California; Room to ReadnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365006647/"What we can do, number one, is to ensure that there’s a counter narrative, that there’s a narrative of life, of positivity," says Haris Tarin, director the Washington office of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365006647/05/03/2013What can US Muslims do to stop extremism at home and abroad?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365004866/When former Microsoft executive John Wood discovered the world’s need for books, he was trekking in Nepal and recalling what he had read in the Dalai Lama’s book “The Art of Happiness” about the importance of giving something to someone in need.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365004866/05/01/2013“Our religion is literacy, gender equality, and education.”nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365005057/Orthodox Christians mark the final days of Great Lent, a time of repentance, fasting, and prayer in preparation for Orthodox Easter, or Pascha. Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks about how icons play a role similar to fasting in the Orthodox tradition. The interview was filmed at Holy Cross Orthodox Antiochian Orthodox Church in Linthicum, Maryland, where O’Keefe has covered the walls with icons.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365005057/05/01/2013Iconographer Seraphim O'Keefe talks about icons and their role in the Orthodox tradition.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365003279/Fifty years ago, hundreds of children faced down Bull Connor's police dogs and fire hoses to protest segregation. We go to Birmingham, Alabama to talk with participants in the 1963 Children's March. And we visit NYU President John Sexton in New York City to talk about his book on baseball as a road to God.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365003279/04/29/2013Birmingham and the Children’s March; Baseball and ReligionnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365002212/Baseball has its own relics, prophets and rituals—as does religion—according to John Sexton, president of New York University and author of “Baseball as a Road to God.” But beyond surface similarities, Sexton says, the game’s most magnificent moments, its timelessness and its intensity, can bring us to a sense of “the ineffable”—the transcendent.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365002212/04/25/2013NYU president John Sexton teaches students to see baseball as a road to God.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365002209/In May 1963, hundreds of children—some as young as six years old—faced police dogs, fire hoses and arrest, to march against segregation in Birmingham, Alabama. Managing editor Kim Lawton looks at the march's legacy and interviews some of those who marched as children, including University of Maryland, Baltimore County President Freeman Hrabowski.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365002209/04/25/2013Fifty years ago, they braved police dogs and fire hoses to march against segregation.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365002354/Watch an extended interview with Freeman Hrabowski, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County, who was one of the many children who marched in Birmingham in 1963 to protest segregation.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365002354/04/26/2013Watch an extended interview with Freeman Hrabowski, who marched in Birmingham as a child.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2365001706/We go to Boston to gather religious responses to the bombing of the marathon, and we mark Earth Day with a story about faith communities that are recognizing a mandate to care for creation.http://video.pbs.org/video/2365001706/04/25/2013Religious Responses to Boston Bombing; Religion and the EnvironmentnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364998817/If the environment is just one more important issue, “it won’t gain the traction that it needs. We need to redefine creation care as the underlying mitzvah or commandment or good deed.” Watch more of our interview with Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb of Congregation Adat Shalom in Maryland about what Jewish tradition says about the environment.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364998817/04/18/2013Watch more of our interview about what Jewish tradition says about the environment.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364998996/Interfaith Power & Light brings together people of different faiths to be better stewards of creation by responding to global warming and by supporting changes in environmental public policy.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364998996/04/19/2013More and more religions are acknowledging a mandate to care for creation.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsMajor ReligionsMajor ReligionsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364999362/Faith communities in Boston and beyond should pray “for a sense of our connectedness to each other,” says Rev. Samuel Lloyd, priest-in-charge at Trinity Church in Boston’s Back Bay. In the midst of a terrible trauma, they should be “grateful for a God of love working through all of this.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2364999362/04/19/2013Chaplains and religious leaders prayed for the healing of a city in crisis.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364998792/Climate change “is probably the most moral issue of our time," says the president and founder of Interfaith Power & Light, a coalition of thousands of religious people putting their faith into action through energy stewardship.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364998792/04/18/2013Watch our interview about the environment with the founder of Interfaith Power & Light.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364998822/"We saw in our texts, in the Qur’an and Hadith, that there's so much about protecting the earth and seeing nature as a sign for us to reflect upon, but we weren't seeing that in our communities." Watch more of our interview with Sarah Jawaid, director of Green Muslims.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364998822/04/18/2013Watch more of our interview about Islam and the environment.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364998247/We visit a priest in Chicago who is urging churches to take more action against domestic violence, and we report on a devout Catholic doctor in upstate New York who specializes in working with severely disabled patients.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364998247/04/18/2013Churches and Domestic Abuse; Medical MinistrynrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364993506/"Priests generally do not talk about it. And most dioceses in the United States have no services, or very limited services, for victims of domestic violence," says Father Charles Dahm, who is leading a campaign in Chicago to change that.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993506/04/10/2013A priest in Chicago is urging congregations to do more for victims of abuse.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364993952/In New York, orthopedic surgeon Joseph Dutkowski specializes in treating severely disabled patients. He is motivated, he says, by his Catholic faith.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364993952/04/10/2013Dr. Dutkowsky sees the "image and likeness of God" in his disabled patients.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364992718/Once the social networking site discovered the popularity of religious leaders on Twitter, the company actively began working with religious communities and training religious leaders to use Twitter more effectively.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364992718/04/08/2013The social networking company is training religious leaders to use Twitter better.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364992042/We visit a Presbyterian pastor and her family who set aside one day a week to "remember the Sabbath"; visit New Delhi to reexamine the issue of ethics and sex selection in India; and talk with Jim Wallis, editor of Sojourners magazine, about his new book "On God's Side" and what it means for religion and politics to serve the common good.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364992042/04/08/2013Keeping the Sabbath; India Sex Selection; Jim Wallis on Serving the Common GoodnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364991560/The preference for male children in India dates back centuries, driven by religious custom, and the widespread abortion of female fetuses has led to an increasing gender gap. Will a rising and urbanizing middle class change this?http://video.pbs.org/video/2364991560/04/05/2013Can a rising middle class change India's traditional preference for male children?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364991423/In a new book called "On God's Side," this social activist, evangelical, preacher, and editor of Sojourners magazine advocates solving the country’s problems by serving the common good.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364991423/04/05/2013His new book advocates solving the country’s problems by serving the common good.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364990454/How does a family in these technology-filled times practice the Sabbath? MaryAnn KcKibben Dana, pastor of Idylwood Presbyterian Church in Falls Church, Virginia, and her family are spending one day a week without computers, work, or other distractions to see if a modern family can spend "holy time" together.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364990454/04/04/2013How does a family in these technology-filled times practice the Sabbath?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsReligious PracticeReligious PracticeSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364990254/Watch more of our interview about observing the Sabbath with MaryAnn KcKibben Dana, author of "Sabbath in the Suburbs: A Family's Experiment with Holy Time."http://video.pbs.org/video/2364990254/04/03/2013Watch more of our interview about observing the Sabbath.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsMajor ReligionsMajor ReligionsReligious PracticeReligious PracticeCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2363320609/Watch additional excerpts from our interview with Rev. Rocky Schuster about the celebration of Holy Week.http://video.pbs.org/video/2363320609/03/28/2013Watch additional excerpts from his interview about the celebration of Holy Week.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2363831447/“Pilgrimage becomes a metaphor for life,” says Rev. Kenneth Semon. “We’re following our Lord, who goes before us.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2363831447/03/29/2013A New Mexico pilgrimage marks the days leading to Easter.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364988704/We go on a Holy Week pilgrimage in New Mexico, listen to religious and moral arguments about same-sex marriage, and meet evangelist Nick Vujicic, who was born without arms or legs.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364988704/04/01/2013Holy Week; Same-Sex Marriage; Evangelist Nick VujicicnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2363792303/“His disability,” says Pastor Greg Laurie, “has become an ability. To hear him talk about hope and purpose and joy kind of silences you.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2363792303/03/29/2013This young evangelist was born with neither arms nor legs.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2364036469/Watch highlights of five religious leaders speaking about same sex marriage from a range of religious and ethical viewpoints at demonstrations in Washington, DC during Supreme Court arguments about marriage.http://video.pbs.org/video/2364036469/03/29/2013Watch highlights from speeches from a range of religious and ethical viewpoints.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2363969774/As thousands demonstrated, legal and moral arguments were being debated inside the Supreme Court.http://video.pbs.org/video/2363969774/03/29/2013Religious groups do not speak with one voice on the issue of same sex marriage.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2354879636/The new leader of the Anglican Communion says that true reconciliation requires "putting your most valued and passionate beliefs out for them to be examined, attacked, and then finding a way to love the person with whom you are dealing."http://video.pbs.org/video/2354879636/03/22/2013Reconciliation within the Anglican Communion is one of his top priorities.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2354538165/“The ancient words take on the power they were supposed to take on all along,” says Rabbi Jamie Korngold, who leads a Passover seder in the Utah desert. “We’re trying to take this spiritually rich experience and ignite our Judaism.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2354538165/03/22/2013Wandering in the wilderness leads to spiritual freedom.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2358789035/We take you to Canterbury and Coventry Cathedrals, where we interviewed Justin Welby, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, to a Franciscan monastery in Washington, DC, where the monks are happy to see the new pope praising the priorities of their founder, and to the Utah desert to celebrate a Passover seder.http://video.pbs.org/video/2358789035/03/25/2013Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby; St. Francis and the New Pope; Desert Passover SedernrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2353555662/Watch more of our interview with the executive director and spiritual leader of the Adventure Rabbi program Jamie Korngold.http://video.pbs.org/video/2353555662/03/21/2013She explains the purpose of leading Passover seders in the desert.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2353528955/A visit to the Franciscan Monastery in northeast Washington, DC, gives us a window into the life of St. Francis, who wanted to walk in the very footsteps of Christ in everything he did. “St. Francis considers himself to be a brother to everyone,” say Father Larry Dunham of the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America. “He had his own special vision.”http://video.pbs.org/video/2353528955/03/21/2013Can Pope Francis lead the Roman Catholic Church to follow a simpler Franciscan vision?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2345620911/Watch our discussion with Rev. James Martin about how Pope Francis' Jesuit background may inform his papacy and whether or not the new pope will be able to reform the Catholic Church.http://video.pbs.org/video/2345620911/03/15/2013Will Pope Francis be able to reform the Vatican bureaucracy?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2349228824/We report on the selection of Pope Francis I, the first Latin American pope, and reaction from the Catholic community and Vatican observers, including a conversation with Rev. James Martin, S.J. Also, we revisit our series on the rise of the religiously unaffiliated with our story about the religious implications. (Originally broadcast October 26, 2012)http://video.pbs.org/video/2349228824/03/18/2013Pope Francis; None of the Above: Religious ImplicationsnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2345500280/Watch managing editor Kim Lawton's report from Rome on the selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina as the successor to Pope Benedict XVI, and hear reaction to his selection from experts and other Catholics.http://video.pbs.org/video/2345500280/03/15/2013What will the election of the first Latin American pope mean for the Catholic Church?nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2345729490/Many hope Pope Francis will carry on the priorities of St. Francis of Assisi and not just his name. Watch a short video about one of the most revered figures in all Christianity.http://video.pbs.org/video/2345729490/03/15/2013Many hope Pope Francis will carry on the priorities of St. Francis and not just his name.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342374568/Watch our interviews with musicians from Heartbeat, an international nonprofit organization that “creates opportunities and spaces for young Israeli and Palestinian musicians to work together, hear each other, and amplify their voices to influence the world around them.” This performance was part of their recent US tour and took place at Busboys and Poets in Washington, DC.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342374568/03/12/2013These young musicians want to bridge the Israeli-Palestinian divide through music.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342053994/Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archdiocese of Washington, celebrated Mass on Sunday, March 10, at his historic titular church in Rome, San Pietro in Vincoli or St. Peter in Chains. Before the Mass, he asked US Catholics to pray for the cardinals as they prepare to enter the conclave.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342053994/03/11/2013He asks US Catholics to pray for the cardinals as they prepare to enter the conclave.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342075829/At a briefing at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Monsignor Kevin Irwin, professor of Liturgical Studies at the Catholic University of America, describes the religious rituals that will proceed the conclave on Tuesday.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342075829/03/11/2013Monsignor Irwin describes the religious rituals that will proceed the conclave on Tuesday.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342072301/In an interview with managing editor Kim Lawton, Rev. Thomas Reese, S.J., analyst for National Catholic Reporter, describes what will happen as the cardinals vote for the new pope in the conclave, which begins on Tuesday March 12.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342072301/03/11/2013He describes what will happen as the cardinals vote for the new pope in the conclave.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2342232513/We talk with Rev. Thomas Reese and Sister Mary Ann Walsh in Rome as the cardinals meet behind closed doors for the March 12th papal conclave. We also revisit our December 2012 story about the Supreme Court's decision to take up the issue of same-sex marriage, and our October 2012 report on the political implications of the rising numbers of religiously unaffiliated Americans.http://video.pbs.org/video/2342232513/03/12/2013Conclave Update; Same-Sex Marriage and the Supreme Court; Nones: Political ImplicationsnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsEpisodehttp://video.pbs.org/video/2341605041/Mark Burnett and Roma Downey executive produced the miniseries "The Bible," a 10-hour program spanning the Old and New Testaments on the History Channel. The two talk about how their religious upbringing prepared them for the project.http://video.pbs.org/video/2341605041/03/08/2013They say their religious upbringing prepared them to produce the television miniseries.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/2341522584/The cardinals are using the few days remaining before the start of the conclave to "get to know one another," according to Father Thomas Reese, S.J.http://video.pbs.org/video/2341522584/03/08/2013The cardinals are meeting and planning for the conclave behind closed doors.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsSegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/2341001141/Managing Editor Kim Lawton spoke with Sister Mary Ann Walsh about the College of Cardinals’ decision to stop all media interviews; what the cardinals are doing before the conclave starts; and the importance of this papal election. Walsh is director of a US Conference of Catholic Bishops office set up in Rome to assist journalists and the cardinals during the papal transition.http://video.pbs.org/video/2341001141/03/06/2013She talks about the importance of this papal election.nrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyReligion & BeliefsReligion & BeliefsClip