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12/29/2005

Religion & Ethics Newsweekly Program Listings for December 30, 2005

December 29, 2005 -- This week’s edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, December 30 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will feature the following reports:

• Perspectives: “A Look Ahead to the Year 2006” — Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, Barbara Bradley Hagerty of National Public Radio, and Kim Lawton, managing editor for Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly, join host Bob Abernethy to discuss their predictions for those topics predicted to make headlines in 2006 including: the implications of the Iraq war on the American political landscape; religious leaders’ response to the Bush administration’s positions on Iraq and domestic policy and the impact that Judge Alito, if confirmed, will have on the abortion issue and other Supreme Court decisions.

• Feature: “Homeless Choir” — Judy Valente looks at a special choir program designed to bring music and hope into the lives of homeless, abused and addicted women living in shelters on Chicago’s South Side.

To request a transcript of any of these reports, send an e-mail to rosenbleethl@religionethics.org or go to the program Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics where a transcript and streaming video of these stories will be available after 8:30 p.m. on Friday.