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November 7, 2008

	Bioethics			Special Series			Religion & Politics
	Catholic Church Crisis			Belief & Practice			Sexuality
	Episcopal Church Rift			War On Terror			September 11

Bioethics Read transcripts and watch video of stories on the issues raised by advances in the life sciences:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <A HREF="../week1051/cover.html" target="_top">Genetic Enhancement</A><BR> Premiere: August 17, 2007<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week1001/cover.html" target="_top">Egg Donor Ethics</A><BR> Premiere: September 1, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week952/cover.html" target="_top">Sperm Donor Ethics</A><BR> Premiere: August 25, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week947/profile.html" target="_top">Dr. Francis Collins</A><BR> Premiere: July 21, 2006<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week852/cover.html" target="_top">Right to Live</A><BR> Premiere: August 26, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week848/cover.html" target="_top">Ethics of Clinical Trials</A><BR> Premiere: July 29, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week846/feature.html" target="_top">Brain Gain</A><BR> Premiere: July 15, 2005<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week816/exclusive.html" target="_top">Father and Son(s)</A><BR> Premiere: December 17, 2004<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week724/perspectives.html" target="_top">Debate over Human Cloning</A><BR> Premiere: February 13, 2004<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week711/perspectives.html" target="_top">Bioethics Debate</A><BR> Premiere: November 14, 2003<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week708/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Responses to End of Life Issues</A><BR> Premiere: October 24, 2003<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week646/cover.html" target="_top">Brain Imaging</A><BR> Premiere: July 18, 2003<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week644/cover.html" target="_top">Excess Embryos</A><BR> Premiere: July 4, 2003<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week623/cover.html" target="_top">Human Cloning</A><BR> Premiere: February 7, 2003<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week545/cover.html" target="_top">The Ethics of Therapeutic Cloning</A><BR> Premiere: July 12, 2002<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week452/cover.html" target="_top">The Ethics of Cloning</A><BR> Premiere: August 24, 2001<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week453/cover.html" target="_top">Ethics of Genetic Testing</A><br> Premiere: August 31, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week513/perspectives.html" target="_top">Human Cloning Controversy</A><br> Premiere: November 30, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../transcripts/collins.html" target="_top">Interview with Dr. Francis Collins</A><br><br> <A HREF="../week448/perspectives.html" target="_top">Religious Views on Stem Cell Research</A><br> Premiere: July 27, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week446/perspectives.html" target="_top">Reproductive Bio-Technology</A><br> Premiere: July 13, 2001<BR><br> <A HREF="../week520/kass.html" target="_top">Comments from the first meeting of the President's Commission on Bioethics</A><br> Premiere: Jan 18, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week445/news.html" target="_top">Stem Cell Politics</A><br> Premiere: July 6, 2001 <BR><br> <A HREF="../week522/cover.html" target="_top">Stem Cell Research Abroad</A><br> Premiere: February 1, 2002 <BR><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

Catholic Church Crisis Read transcripts and watch video of stories on the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <a href="../week904/cover.html" target="_top">Vatican Seminary Reviews</a><br> Premiere: September 23, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week813/cover.html" target="_top">Abuse Victims' Camp</a><br> Premiere: November 26, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week812/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference</a><br> Premiere: November 19, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week751/news.html" target="_top">Tucson Bankruptcy Dilemma</a><br> Premiere: August 20, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week745/perspectives.html" target="_top">Archdiocese of Portland Bankruptcy</a><br> Premiere: July 9, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week741/news.html" target="_top">Catholic Bishops Retreat</a><br> Premiere: June 11, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week727/perspectives.html" target="_top">Update on Catholic Church Sex Abuse Report</a><br> Premiere: March 5, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week726/perspectives.html" target="_top">John Jay Sex Abuse Report</a><br> Premiere: February 27, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week711/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops</a><br> Premiere: November 14, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week710/profile.html" target="_top">A Catholic Bishop's Life</a><br> Premiere: November 7, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week705/perspectives.html" target="_top">Peter Steinfels</a><br> Premiere: October 3, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week702/perspectives.html" target="_top">Catholic Church Update</a><br> Premiere: September 12, 2003<br><br> <A HREF="../week644/perspectives.html" target="_top">New Archbishop of Boston</A><br> Premiere: July 4, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week643/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Catholic Bishops' Meeting Follow-Up</A><br> Premiere: June 27, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week642/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Catholic Bishops Meeting Update</A><br> Premiere: June 20, 2003<BR><br> <A HREF="../week615/perspectives.html" target="_top">Cardinal Law Resignation</A><br> Premiere: December 13, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week615/cover.html" target="_top">Boston Archdiocese Update</A><br> Premiere: December 13, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week614/perspectives.html" target="_top">Interview with Michael Paulson of The Boston Globe</A><br> Premiere: December 6, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week611/exclusive.html" target="_top">Interview with Lorenzo Albacete</A><br> Premiere: November 15, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week608/cover.html" target="_top">Canon Law</A><br> Premiere: October 25, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week607/news.html" target="_top">Vatican Reaction</A><br> Premiere: October 18, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week607/cover.html" target="_top">St. John's Abbey</A><br> Premiere: October 18, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week601/perspectives.html" target="_top">Civil Rights of Priests</A><br> Premiere: September 6, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week545/feature.html" target="_top">Catholic Church Finances</A><br> Premiere: July 12, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week544/cover.html" target="_top">Catholic Church Scandal Revisited</A><br> Premiere: July 5, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week542/news.html" target="_top">Analysis Of U.S. Bishops Actions On Priestly Sexual Abuse</A><br> Premiere: June 21, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week541/dolan2.html" target="_top">Catholic writers Brian Doyle and Richard Hague ponder the crisis in the Catholic Church.</A><br> Premiere: June 14, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week541/dolan.html" target="_top">Excerpt from "in Search Of American Catholicism" By Jay P. Dolan</A><br> Premiere: June 14, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week541/news.html" target="_top">U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference</A><br> Premiere: June 14, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week540/dolan.html" target="_top">Judy Valente, Jay Dolan, And Patrick Labelle Comment On U.S. Bishops Draft Charter On Protecting Children</A><br> Premiere: June 7, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week540/news.html" target="_top">Preview of Catholic Bishops Conference</A><br> Premiere: June 7, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week534/news.html" target="_top">Update on Cardinals' Meeting at Vatican</A><br> Premiere: April 26, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week533/news2.html" target="_top">Cardinals' Meeting at Vatican</A><BR> Premiere: April 19, 2002<BR><BR> <A HREF="../week533/profile.html" target="_top">Profile of Father Dominic Grassi</A><br> Premiere: April 19, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week532/cover.html" target="_top">Celibacy and the Priesthood</A><br> Premiere: April 12, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week531/feature.html" target="_top">Gay Priests</A><br> Premiere: April 5, 2002<BR><br> <A HREF="../week525/cover.html" target="_top">Pedophile Priests</A><br> Premiere: February 22, 2002 <br><br> <A HREF="../week443/cover.html" target="_top">Priests With Wives</A><br> Premiere: June 22, 2001<BR><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

Episcopal Church Rift Read stories and watch video about the upheaval within the Episcopal Church over homosexuality:
			<TABLE WIDTH=395 BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0> <tr> <td class="text10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="385" height="3" alt="" border="0"><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1146/cover.html" target="_top">Lambeth Preview</a> <br> Premiere: July 18, 2008 <br><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1135/interview.html" target="_top">Interview: Bishop Gene Robinson</a> <br> Premiere: May 2, 2008 <br><br> <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week1135/feature.html" target="_top">Gene Robinson: In the Eye of the Storm</a> <br> Premiere: May 2, 2008 <br><br> <a href="../week1104/cover.html" target="_top">U.S. Episcopal Church: What Now?</a><br> Premiere: September 28, 2007<br><br> <a href="../week1103/cover.html" target="_top">U.S. Episcopal Bishops Meeting in New Orleans</a><br> Premiere: September 21, 2007<br><br> <a href="../week1026/cover.html" target="_top">Anglican Primates Meeting</a><br> Premiere: February 23, 2007<br><br> <a href="../week1025/newsfeature.html" target="_top">Anglican Primates Meeting</a><br> Premiere: February 16, 2007<br><br> <a href="../week1010/news.html" target="_top">New Episcopal Presiding Bishop</a><br> Premiere: November 3, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week943/exclusive.html" target="_top">Interview with Presiding Bishop-Elect Katharine Jefferts Schori</a><br> Premiere: June 23, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week943/cover.html" target="_top">Episcopal Church Convention Aftermath</a><br> Premiere: June 23, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week942/feature.html" target="_top">Episcopal Church Convention </a><br> Premiere: June 16, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week941/cover.html" target="_top">Preview of Episcopal Church Convention </a><br> Premiere: June 9, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week940/exclusive.html" target="_top">Interview with Bishop V. Gene Robinson</a><br> Premiere: June 6, 2006<br><br> <a href="../week911/news.html" target="_top">Anglican Communion Network Meeting</a><br> Premiere: November 11, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week906/news.html" target="_top">Anglican Communion Update</a><br> Premiere: October 7, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week826/news.html" target="_top">Anglican Leaders Meeting</a><br> Premiere: February 25, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week820/news.html" target="_top">Episcopal Bishops' Meeting in Utah</a><br> Premiere: January 14, 2005<br><br> <a href="../week813/profile.html" target="_top">Bishop Frank Griswold</a><br> Premiere: November 26, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week808/cover.html" target="_top">Lambeth Commission Report</a><br> Premiere: October 22, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week805/news.html" target="_top">Episcopal House of Bishops</a><br> Premiere: October 1, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week803/news.html" target="_top">Ongoing Tensions in the Episcopal Church</a><br> Premiere: September 17, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week744/feature.html" target="_top">Episcopal Church Update</a><br> Premiere: July 2, 2004<br><br> <a href="../week710/cover.html" target="_top">Bishops Gene Robinson's Consecration</a><br> Premiere: November 7, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week709/exclusive.html" target="_top">Interview with Bishop V. Gene Robinson</a><br> Premiere: October 31, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week709/news.html" target="_top">Episcopalian Reaction to Gay Bishop</a><br> Premiere: October 31, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week707/commentary.html" target="_top">Commentary on the Anglican Communion's Argument Over Homosexuality by John Milbank</a><br> Premiere: October 17, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week707/perspectives.html" target="_top">Anglican Communion Primates Meeting</a><br> Premiere: October 17, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week706/cover.html" target="_top">Episcopal Rift Update</a><br> Premiere: October 10, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week706/interview.html" target="_top">Interview with the Rev. Dr. Ian T. Douglas</a><br> Premiere: October 10, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week649/cover.html" target="_top">Episcopal Meeting Update</a><br> Premiere: August 8, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week648/cover.html" target="_top">Episcopal Rift</a><br> Premiere: August 1, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week648/interview3.html" target="_top">Interview with the Rev. Dr. Kendall Harmon</a><br> Premiere: August 1, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week648/interview1.html" target="_top">Interview with the Right Rev. John Bryson Chane</a><br> Premiere: August 1, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week648/interview2.html" target="_top">Interview with the Rev. David C. Anderson</a><br> Premiere: August 1, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week641/perspectives.html" target="_top">Impact of Gay Issues on Episcopal Church Policy</a><br> Premiere: June 13, 2003<br><br> <a href="../week444/news.html" target="_top">Episcopal Rift</a><br> Premiere: June 29, 2001<br><br> <a href="../week439/perspectives.html" target="_top">Episcopal Church Rift</a><br> Premiere: May 25, 2001<br><br> </td> <td width="10"><img src="../images/spacer.gif" width="10" height="1" alt="" border="0"></td> </tr> </table>

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