Cheerio Chat Room

John Cleary reviews the year in religion and ethics in conversation with Samina Yasmeen, Bill Leadbetter, Frank Sheehan, Angela McCarthy and Chris Bedding

Richard Leonard on movies including Ken Loach's "I Daniel Blake", "Hacksaw Ridge" and "Fantastic beasts and where to find them"

Australia's most controversial bishop, Daniel Mannix was the Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne from 1917 until is death at 99 years of age in 1963.

Millions of hits on a church Facebook page, outspoken on many social issues, and recipient of the Australian Abysinnian of the Year at the Australian Muslim Achievement Awards for 2016. Rod Bower is in conversation with John Cleary.

How can we call the banks to account?

On Islam, religion, extremism, migration and the shaping of public policy.

Spiritual insights through fine Arts across Jewish , Christian and Muslim traditions

Repairing the division existing between social and Christian conservatives and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community

In the mid 1980's, Fr Sean McDonagh published a book, To Care for the Earth, on environmental responsibility back when the environment was not on the agenda. He was called a "naive idealist" for his passion for the environment.

Lebanese-Muslim communities say they have been unfairly called out by Federal Immigration Minister Peter Dutton.