2002
DECEMBER
December 25, 2002
Faith Based Initiatives
The debate over the president's plan to allow federal funding for religious organizations with White House representative Jim Towey, Rev. Luis Cortez of Nueva Esperanza, Christopher Anders of the ACLU and Rabbi Jack Moline of the Interfaith Alliance.

December 13, 2002
Church in Crisis
After a report on Boston Cardinal Bernard Law's resignation, Ray Suarez talks with Steve Krueger, interim executive director of Voice of the Faithful; Father Christopher Coyne, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of Boston; and Stephen Pope, chairman of the theology department at Boston College.

NOVEMBER
November 20, 2002
Conversation: Bridging Two Worlds
Elizabeth Farnsworth interviews Turkish author Orhan Pamuk about the cultural split between Islam and secularism in Turkey.

November 19, 2002
Islamist Victories
Ray Suarez discusses the recent victories for Islamist political parties with Henri Barkey, who worked on the State Department's policy planning staff during the Clinton administration, and Mary Jane Deeb, an Arab area specialist at the Library of Congress.

November 13, 2002
Church in Crisis
Bishop Wilton Gregory, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, discusses his organizations revised rules regarding sexual misconduct cases.

OCTOBER
October 31, 2002
Religion and Politics
Elizabeth Farnsworth reports from Turkey on the conflicting roles of secularism and Islam in Turkish politics.

October 22, 2002
Link to Jesus?
After a report on the discovery of a box that may be the earliest artifact that can be linked to Jesus, Gwen Ifill speaks with two experts familiar with the artifact: Hershel Shanks, the editor of the Biblical Archaeological Review; and Kyle McCarter, professor of Near Eastern studies at Johns Hopkins University.

October 18, 2002
Update: Church in Crisis
Terence Smith discusses the Vatican rejection of parts of the U.S. bishops' policy on abusive priests with John Allen, Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, an independent newsweekly covering the Catholic church.

SEPTEMBER
September 12, 2002
Under Suspicion
Jeffrey Kaye examines how the Sept. 11 attacks affected America's Muslim communities.

September 4, 2002
Discussion: Then and Now
Margaret Warner talks with Bishop William DeVeaux of the African Methodist Episcopal Church about how Americans have changed since Sept. 11.

AUGUST
August 9, 2002
Book Battle
Terence Smith reports on the current religious debate over required reading in North Carolina.

JULY
July 29, 2002
Papal Journey
Margaret Warner looks at Pope John Paul II's trip to the Americas with John Allen, a Vatican correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter currently traveling with the Pope; and Scott Appleby, professor of history and director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.

JUNE
June 19, 2002
The Laity Speaks
Spencer Michels talks with seven Catholics about their reactions to the new policy for abusive priests.

June 14, 2002
Catholics in Crisis
After an update on the U.S. Catholic bishops' meeting in Dallas, Margaret Warner talks to Archbishop Harry Flynn, chairman of the bishops' adhoc committee on sexual abuse. For reaction to the bishops' conference, Elizabeth Farnsworth talks to Father Robert Silva, president of the National Federation of Priests' Councils; Barbara Blaine, president and founder of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests; and Tom Roberts, editor of the National Catholic Reporter.

June 13, 2002
Catholics in Crisis
Margaret Warner looks at the start of the Catholic bishops meeting in Dallas with Tom Roberts, editor of the National Catholic Reporter.

June 4, 2002
Update: Church in Crisis
Gwen Ifill looks at the latest developments in the child abuse scandal facing the Catholic Church with Bishop Joseph Galante of Dallas.

MAY
May 28, 2002
Questioning Celibacy
Spencer Michels looks at the new debate over celibacy in the Catholic church.

May 13, 2002
Church in Crisis
Margaret Warner reports on the latest news in the Catholic Church scandal including the legal developments in Boston involving Cardinal Bernard Law. For an analysis, Warner talks with Pam Belluck who has been covering the story for The New York Times and Patrick Shiltz, Professor and interim Dean of Law at the University of St. Thomas.

APRIL
April 29, 2002
Update: Church in Crisis
Correspondent Elizabeth Brackett reports on the return of Cardinal George to his archdiocese in Chicago after attending last week's meetings at the Vatican.

April 25, 2002
Update: Church in Crisis
Ray Suarez reports on the response to this week's gathering at the Vatican of U.S. Cardinals. For four perspectives on the meetings, Suarez is joined by Mary Ann Glendon, professor of law at Harvard University; Deal Hudson, publisher and editor of Crisis Magazine, a Catholic monthly about politics and culture; Marianne Duddy, the executive director of Dignity/USA, the nation's largest organization for gay Catholics; and Sister Maureen Fiedler, co-director of The Quixote Center, a faith-based justice organization, and a member of the advisory board of Catholics Speak Out.

April 24, 2002
Church in Crisis
Gwen Ifill interviews two leaders of the U.S. Catholic Church on the meetings between the Pope and U.S. cardinals in Rome: Cardinal Roger Mahony, the archbishop of Los Angeles and Cardinal Francis George, the archbishop of Chicago.

April 23, 2002
Church in Crisis
Kwame Holman reports on the opening of the unprecedented meetings in Rome between the pope and U.S. cardinals regarding Catholic priests and the sexual abuse scandal. For more analysis, Margaret Warner talks with John Allen, author and Vatican correspondent for The National Catholic Reporter.

April 23, 2002
Discussion: Papal Meeting
Gwen Ifill discusses the implications of the meetings in the Vatican with George Weigel, author of a biography of Pope John Paul II and a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and Mary Hunt, Catholic theologian and head of the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Rituals.

April 18, 2002
Keeping the Faith
Spencer Michels conducts a discussion among Catholics in Oakland, California about the growing sex scandal in the Catholic church.

April 16, 2002
Church In Crisis
Gwen Ifill looks at the upcoming summit of American cardinals at the Vatican. For analysis on what this summit means for the Catholic Church, Ifill talks with Gustav Niebuhr, a visiting fellow at The Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University; Reverend Richard McBrien, a Catholic priest and professor of history at the University of Notre Dame; and Raymond Flynn, who served as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican from 1993-1997 and is also the former mayor of Boston.

MARCH
March 26, 2002
The Boston Angle
Terence Smith examines The Boston Globe's role in uncovering abuses within the Catholic Church.

March 25, 2002
Update: Church in Turmoil
Margaret Warner reports on the reaction in Catholic churches throughout America regarding the growing sex scandal.

March 13, 2002
Church in Turmoil
Spencer Michels looks at the sexual abuse scandals that have engulfed the Catholic Church in America over recent months.

FEBRUARY
February 19, 2002
Inside the Kingdom: Part III
Elizabeth Farnsworth interviews an artist/architect in the final portion of her three-part series of reports from Saudi Arabia, a nation that has remained largely inaccessible to foreign reporters.

February 15, 2002
Inside the Kingdom: Part II
In the second of three reports from Saudi Arabia, Elizabeth Farnsworth reports on the fallout in Saudi Arabia from the September 11th attacks.

February 14, 2002
Inside the Kingdom: Part I
In this first of three reports from Saudi Arabia, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores a country and culture that has remained inaccessible to most foreign reporters.