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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 鈥淕od is Dead鈥 and 鈥渉eavenly鈥. 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 鈥淭he Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona鈥, 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鈥檚 overseas aid budget as 鈥渟hameful and wrong鈥. 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.

Producers:
Carmel Lonergan
Louise Clarke-Rowbotham

Editor
Amanda Hancox

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44 minutes

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  • Sun 29 Nov 2020 07:10

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