Religion and politics, interfaith relations, humanitarian disasters, war and peace. Watch the members of our annual reporters roundtable assess the most important religion and ethics news of the past year.

A religion reporter and a political analyst discuss the president's nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the US Supreme Court and the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold Proposition 8 banning gay marriage.

The issue of same sex marriage has divided not just society at large, says Mormon church scholar Bob Rees. "It's divided churches, it's divided families, and some individuals are divided within themselves."