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Series 30 · 14 episodes · Feb 28, 2016

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    Episode 1

    Pope Francis The Sinner (Part 1)

    Feb 28, 2016

    The Pope who calls himself 'a sinner' is, certainly, a man of contradictions. But who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio? How did the man who was loved and loathed by his fellow Jesuits back in Argentina become Pope?

  2. Episode 2

    Pope Francis The Sinner (Part 2)

    Mar 6, 2016

    Examines Pope Francis' controversial rise to power from Jesuit to Cardinal and eventual accession to the papacy.

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    Episode 3

    Spotlight On Church Leadership - A Moral Compass Special

    Mar 13, 2016

    The broader implications of the water-cooler conversation: Cardinal Pell at the Royal Commission. With Catholic Church stewardship in the spotlight, what's the effect on church leadership & the impact on the community?

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    Episode 4

    Melany's Remedy

    Mar 20, 2016

    Melany was only 12 when her father died. As a young adult she realised she could no longer shut out the past. Meeting Helen Dunne - a professional shroud maker, was a turning point.

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    The Assyrians

    Mar 27, 2016

    The Assyrians are a vibrant community who have made a great contribution to Australian life since the 1950's. Persecuted for centuries & a people without a country, their church has become the focus of their cultural identity.

  6. Episode 6

    Iceberg

    Apr 3, 2016

    An ultra marathon runner is determined to raise awareness of domestic violence in rural communities by undertaking an 860km run through NSW.

  7. Episode 7

    The Moral Compass: Sanctuary

    Apr 10, 2016

    Should Australian churches be offering sanctuary to asylum seekers? Geraldine Doogue is joined by Robert Manne, Anne Henderson, Rod Bower, Peter Kurti & Tim Costello for a Moral Compass special.

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    A Town Called Brzostek

    Apr 17, 2016

    A small town in Poland becomes the centre of an initiative to improve vexed relations between Poles and Jews by reconsecrating an abandoned Jewish cemetery.

  9. Episode 9

    Paddy's War

    Apr 24, 2016

    The bitter conscription debates that raged through the First World War divided Australia. The struggle was embodied by two men, Prime Minister Billy Hughes and Catholic Archbishop of Melbourne Daniel Mannix.

  10. Episode 10

    Salvado's Letters

    May 1, 2016

    When Rosendo Salvado founded the tiny religious community of New Norcia in Western Australia in 1847 he also began an extraordinary correspondence with a dear friend in France.

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    Episode 11

    The Moral Compass: A Good Exit Who Decides?

    May 8, 2016

    This week on the Moral Compass "A Good Exit: Who Decides" The complexities of dying in Australia today. Geraldine Doogue is joined by five guests to grapple with this highly topical issue.

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    Episode 12

    Prison Chaplains (Part 1)

    May 15, 2016

    Part one goes inside Cessnock and John Moroney Correctional Centres in NSW where two very different chaplains help offenders meet the challenges of incarceration and find meaning in their lives.

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    Prison Chaplains (Part 2)

    May 22, 2016

    Chaplain Suzie Johnson is an Evangelical Christian with a big heart who works at the Dillwynia Correctional Centre. Zoe and Lesley are inmates who have been profoundly affected by Suzie's support.

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    Prison Chaplains (Part 3)

    May 29, 2016

    Chaplain Kim Miller visits James who will soon be released from Lithgow Correctional Centre. To help James adjust to life on the outside Kim offers him a place at Friendship House. But will James turn up?