Holy Smoke

186 Episodes

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

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

   Published: 05/10/2023
3. Genghis Khan and the Pope's summer of madness

   Published: 07/09/2023
4. The future of churchgoing in the West: why Protestants should worry and Catholics should panic

   Published: 18/08/2023
5. Is 2023 Pope Francis's 'Year Zero'?

   Published: 25/07/2023
6. Escaping the atheist hell of North Korea

   Published: 07/07/2023
7. Inside the world's most vicious liturgy wars

   Published: 23/06/2023
8. Succession: five nightmares for the next pope

   Published: 30/05/2023
9. The Vatican and the Mafia – why Italy can't seem to shake off organised crime

   Published: 26/05/2023
10. How Protestant is the Coronation?

    Published: 05/05/2023
11. Why didn't Beethoven go to Mass?

    Published: 14/04/2023
12. The battle over female Catholic priests has just begun

    Published: 31/03/2023
13. Is Abu Dhabi's multi-faith 'Abrahamic Family House' a beacon of hope or a creepy PR exercise?

    Published: 17/03/2023
14. The war over the Latin Mass escalates as the Vatican slides into chaos

    Published: 24/02/2023
15. Why Catholics are torn between the Church of Benedict and the Church of Francis

    Published: 10/01/2023
16. Why children need proper Christmas carols, not hideous agitprop

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

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

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

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

    Published: 27/09/2022