Walking pilgrimages, Jean Vanier, Religious perspectives on artificial intelligence

Published: May 12, 2019, 7:09 a.m.

Walking pilgrimages are increasingly capturing the popular imagination; Bernadette Kehoe joins pilgrims on a new pilgrimage route in Kent. The \u2018Augustine Camino\u2019 winds its way from the Anglican Cathedral in Rochester to the Catholic shrine of St Augustine.

Jean Vanier, the Catholic theologian and founder of the L\u2019Arche communities, died this week. We pay tribute to his life and work with John Sargent, national director of L\u2019Arche UK and Tim, an adult with learning difficulties and a member of L\u2019Arche Manchester who knew him.

The first Muslim to row for Team GB, Double Olympian Mohamed Sbihi. He tells our reporter Tusdiq Din how he has coped with Ramadan over the recent years where the demands of his faith and those of an elite athlete have found a compromise.

Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner and Professor Neil Lawrence (Professor of Machine Learning at Sheffield University) discuss ethical and religious perspectives on Artificial Intelligence.

Azeem Wazir says he will be killed if he is deported back to Pakistan for protesting against the arrest of Asia Bibi and the country\u2019s blasphemy laws. He speaks to Emily from Colnbrook immigration removal centre.

Producers: Carmel Lonergan\n Harry Farley

Editor: Amanda Hancox