first african pope. is the catholic church at a crossroads? cardinal peter turkson, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. in your long career in the church, you have seen the centre of gravity, the geographical centre of gravity of the church, shift quite dramatically. what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is
of 30 billion dollar rescue package for the embattled first republic bank in the us. hopes turkey will ratify finland s application for nato membership as the leaders of the two countries meet. and a former professional surfer has broken the world record for the longest surf session in australia. hello and welcome. the chinese president, xijinping, will travel to russia next week for talks with president putin. the state visit follows us claims that china may be considering sending weapons to russia to support its war in ukraine. meanwhile, there s been a big boost for the ukrainian government. slovakia has followed poland with a promise to send it combat aircraft. from kyiv, james landale reports. before the war, they agreed what they called a partnership with no limits. one that next week will bring president xi to moscow in a rare show of solidarity, for a leader in need of allies. china has neither endorsed nor condemned president putin s invasion of ukraine. but it has k
focused minds are somewhat in helsinki and stockholm and pushed those two countries for the first time to apply for nato membership. so some movement by turkey regarding finland s application to join nato. giving young babies between four and six months old tiny tastes of smooth peanut butter could dramatically cut peanut allergies. that s according to new research, showing there is a crucial opportunity during weaning to cut allergy cases by 77%. the allergy has been soaring in the uk with one in 50 children now affected. scientists now say the government s advice on weaning which says no solids until around six months needs to change. let s speak to our medical editor fergus walsh. this sounds promising, tell us how it works? it this sounds promising, tell us how it works? , , ., . ., this sounds promising, tell us how itworks? , , ., . ., , it works? it is research from king s colleae it works? it is research from king s college london it works? it is research from
what difference do you think it has made? well, thanks for having me on the show. yeah, it is true. it is true that what used to be. ..a church centred in europe, out of which a lot of missionaries went out, and so came to africa and several other places in the south, we see some decline. decline that manifests itself first in the form that missionaries are no more. ..out there to be sent. church numbers are dwindling. but in the home of those missionaries. yes, yes. in germany, in germany, in france, in ireland. absolutely. and those countries where the missionaries did their work so many years ago, they re not really needed now because the catholic church is in countries such as your own in ghana. right. so that is true, that is true. but i probably not said they re not needed now. naturally, you know, every missionary can be needed if even there are ten to do the same job that one person used to do in the past. so when it comes to missionary i never talk about redundancy,
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