As the New Year begins, three journalists discuss the top religion stories they will be keeping an eye on in 2016 with guest host and correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro, who is joined by managing editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.
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December 30, 2015

It’s our annual survey of the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be covering in 2015. More →

January 2, 2015

From ISIS to Pope Francis’s US visit to war and peace in the Middle East, we discuss the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be covering in 2015. More →

January 2, 2015

International humanitarian crises, religion’s role in immigration reform, social justice issues, and government treatment of religion are among the religion and ethics issues that loom in 2014. More →

January 3, 2014

We ask religion leaders what they hope for during President Barack Obama’s next term, including former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, who says, “If we can make sure that Israel has a proper nation with safe borders and at the same time allow the Palestinians to have their own state…then many of the world’s problems in terms of interfaith dialogue will be resolved.” More →

January 18, 2013

From faith-based expectations for the second Obama term to major court cases on gay marriage to turmoil in the Middle East, we look ahead to the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be covering in the year 2013. More →

December 28, 2012

We discuss the major religion and ethics stories anticipated in 2012, including religion in the upcoming elections, faith-based activity in the budget debates and immigration policy, key religion cases before the Supreme Court and mainline denominations and issues of homosexuality. More →

December 30, 2011

Watch more interviews with members of the religious community describing what they will be looking for in the year 2010. More →

December 30, 2009