Holy Smoke

186 Episodes

1. How light filled the first Roman Churches: a conversation with Dr Elizabeth Lev

   Published: 11/13/2023
2. The Pope, gay blessings and the Rupnik scandal

   Published: 10/5/2023
3. Genghis Khan and the Pope's summer of madness

   Published: 9/7/2023
4. The future of churchgoing in the West: why Protestants should worry and Catholics should panic

   Published: 8/18/2023
5. Is 2023 Pope Francis's 'Year Zero'?

   Published: 7/25/2023
6. Escaping the atheist hell of North Korea

   Published: 7/7/2023
7. Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars

   Published: 6/23/2023
8. Succession: five nightmares for the next pope

   Published: 5/30/2023
9. The Vatican and the Mafia – why Italy can't seem to shake off organised crime

   Published: 5/26/2023
10. How Protestant is the Coronation?

    Published: 5/5/2023
11. Why didn't Beethoven go to Mass?

    Published: 4/14/2023
12. The battle over female Catholic priests has just begun

    Published: 3/31/2023
13. Is Abu Dhabi's multi-faith 'Abrahamic Family House' a beacon of hope or a creepy PR exercise?

    Published: 3/17/2023
14. The war over the Latin Mass escalates as the Vatican slides into chaos

    Published: 2/24/2023
15. Why Catholics are torn between the Church of Benedict and the Church of Francis

    Published: 1/10/2023
16. Why children need proper Christmas carols, not hideous agitprop

    Published: 12/22/2022
17. How ‘cancelled’ conservative Catholic priests are fighting to clear their names

    Published: 12/16/2022
18. What are Church of England services really like?

    Published: 11/28/2022
19. Sixty years on, Vatican II turns nasty

    Published: 10/20/2022
20. The Catholic Church is falling apart at the seams

    Published: 9/27/2022