Compass presents a special program for Easter. A time for all of us, believers and non-believers alike to reflect on ...

It has been a secret war between two rival faiths that has lasted for eighty years. For the Communists, the vision wa...

An intriguing look at the powerful alliance of Church and State - between Roman Catholicism and the American Governme...

Black Sea : Voyage of Healing mixes environmental issues, nationalist economic issues, mass tourism issues, and Ortho...

Finding approaches to abusive families.

Filmed over three weeks at St Christopher's Hospice in South East London, it follows the last weeks of Kevin, Hazel a...

Who will be the next Pope? As the papacy of John Paul II enters its final phase, there is much speculation about who ...

The Slaves Of God is a video journey to the all-male "enclosed" Russian and Greek Orthodox Christian monks of this fa...

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He is forthright... He has strong convictions... His controversial leadership style has caused friction among his flo...

Hinduism is proportionately, the fastest growing religion in Australia today. Whether due to an influx of Hindu migra...

Compass heads to India in search of the hidden spiritual message behind one of the world's most elegant wonders.

The extraordinary violence and beauty of the Aztec Empire. Behind this artistic and ordered society were Gods who dem...

The search for El Dorado, the legendary golden kingdom of South America. Did cultural misunderstanding foil the quest...

Compass peels back the centuries to investigate the ancient Nubian Empire of North Africa. At its height it challeng...

In this special Compass series we look at a quiet global revolution now underway, a new emphasis on the role, signifi...

The second in our series on People Power, the quiet but profound revolution underway on how we might meet modern comm...

The last in our three part series on the emergence of a new era of Civil Society. A time of new prominence and power ...

We've all read about East Timor , we've seen the Television Footage, heard the results of inquiries, and maybe in som...

The man at the centre of controversy this weekend as he is installed as Australia's newest Church Leader.

Two years ago the government disbanded the CES (Commonwealth Employment Service) and put unemployment services out to...

Buddhism is enjoying increasing popularity in Australia. Compass goes on retreat with one of the foremost teachers of...

Compass examines the role of Churches and Missions in separating Aboriginal children from their families.

Part one looks at the conflicts and clerical politics triggered by the simultaneous arrival at St. Paul's of its new ...

We Need Money surveys the difficulties encountered by the new Dean to balance the Cathedral's finances and downsize i...

In the final of our series on St. Paul's Cathedral, we examine its major human resource, the childrens choir...and th...

Heroin injecting rooms... Are they the answer to Australia's worsening drug problem or a perpetuation of it? With tri...

On the 14th of July an exhibition of the Dead Sea Scrolls will open at the Art Gallery of NSW. For the first time Aus...

A Common Heritage explores what the scrolls reveal about early Judaism and the origins of Christianity.

A study of modern service and altruism, an account of Amnesty International.

Opus Dei enjoys favoured status within the Roman Catholic Church...but its secretive recruiting methods and strict co...

The appearance of the first all Jewish float in this year's Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gra Parade polarised opinion...

On Compass we join the national leaders and youth representatives of Australian Christian Churches on a journey of re...

Thousands of Australians are spending big dollars on personal development courses in the pursuit of success and self-...

This two-part British series outlines the nature of depression, its human impact on families and individuals, its dam...

In Part Two of our revealing series on modern depression: Is it a physical illness? Is it genetic?

Is non-human life important and if so, why?

Marijuana, an ancient herbal remedy can help sufferers of epilepsy, arthritis and glaucoma but it is still on the ill...

A new four part series which will take us on a journey of religious discovery around the globe.

In Part Two of this four-part series Frederic Raphael travels to Thailand and Malaysia where Buddhism and Islam have ...

In this episode Frederic Raphael travels to Spain and Mexico to see this devotional intensity first-hand.

In Part Four our series closes with Frederic Raphael going back home... journeying deep into the United States to exp...

Contact surveys the contemporary phenomenon of reports of alien abduction, UFO visitations and similar paranormal exp...

In this edition of Compass, the role of the mainstream churches in the global environment crisis... and whether theol...

In this edition of Compass, the growth of church schools and the nature of religious education.

When disaster strikes, many turn to religion for solace, and for answers. But catastrophe can also cause drastic chan...

Christianity has produced some of the greatest works of art of all time, in which believers and non-believers alike c...

As Christmas approaches we are bombarded with images of the baby Jesus in the manger, one of the quintessential expre...

At the core of the Christian faith is an image at once powerful and harrowing the figure Jesus on the Cross.

On Christmas Eve, as the Christian world prepares to celebrate the 2000th birthday of Jesus of Nazareth, this edition...

Geraldine Doogue's panel of notable Australians discuss themes of the 2000th Birthday of Jesus, the end of the Jubile...