Tattoos, ‘salty’ language and alcoholism only partly sum up the life of Nadia Bolz-Weber, the pastor at the House for All Saints and Sinners in Denver, USA.

In the first of a three-part series Jane Little will meet Nadia, the body building, tattooed, stand-up comic Lutheran pastor from Denver to explore her faith and how her conservative Lutheran faith collides with and complements her belief that we are all sinners and the church should accept all areas of society through its doors.

Every day we're exposed to a multitude of man-made chemicals in the food we eat, the air we breathe and the products we clean our homes and wash our bodies with. For some people, like journalist Jane Little, the burden can be almost too much to bear. Certain chemicals trigger extreme physical reactions, leaving her ill and exhausted for days at a time. It's a debilitating condition for her and many thousands of fellow sufferers. Some estimates suggest that 15% of the American population believe they experience ill effects from domestic chemicals.

In this rare interview for the "Things Unseen" podcast, CJ Whitedeer, Cherokee medicine man and the tribe’s only White Priest, has welcomed Jane Little to his “homecoming circle” in Arizona, providing extraordinary insights into some of the stories, beliefs and practices that are part of Native American spirituality.

Dr Andrew Weil calls his model “integrative medicine.” One of his critics has called him a “snake oil salesman.” Jane Little has visited him in Tucson, Arizona, to find out what exactly he means by Mind Body Spirit medicine and how he answers his many critics.

February 27, 2013

Pope Benedict XVI has given his final public audience as Pope. On Thursday, he officially steps down and becomes Pope Emeritus.

Justin Welby, a former oil executive, has been chosen to be the new Archbishop of Canterbury, and spiritual leader of the world's 77 million Anglicans. Anchor Aaron Schachter speaks with the BBC's Jane Little about Justin Welby.

An influential Muslim scholar has issued a global ruling against terrorism and suicide bombing. Dr Tahir ul-Qadri says his fatwa completely dismantles al-Qaeda's ideology. Marco Werman talks with The World's religion editor Jane Little about the fatwa.

The alleged attempt to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day sent shock through the security system. Abdulmutallab's former London university is launching a review into whether he became radicalized there. The World's religion editor Jane Little reports.

Britain's Supreme Court ruled against a Jewish school that refused admission to a student. The World's Religion Editor, Jane Little has the story.

Ireland's abortion law is being challenged in the European Court of Human Rights. Three women say the ban violates Human Rights. Jane Little reports.

Global religious leaders gathered in England to urge?and offer?commitments to combat climate change. The World's Jane Little reports.

A new study by the Pew Research Center challenges Western assumptions that the Arab world is home to the majority of the world's Muslims. Actually, it's Asia. Anchor Marco Werman finds out more from The World's Religion Correspondent Jane Little.

President Obama was in Germany today where he met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and visited Buchenwald, the site of a Nazi concentration camp. The World's Jane Little reports from Dresden.

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with The World's Religion Editor Jane Little about how President Obama must balance breadth and nuance in his speech in Cairo tomorrow to the Muslim and Arab world.

The World's religion editor Jane Little speaks with John Micklethwait of the Economist magazine. He's the co-author with Adrian Wooldridge of a new book called "God is Back." It describes a global revival of faith.

The World's Jane Little takes us to an innovative day care center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that brings together children and the elderly.

Argentina has ordered ultra-conservative Catholic bishop Richard Williamson to leave the country within ten days. Williamson's denials of the Holocaust on Swedish TV last month sparked a raging controversy. The World's Religion Editor Jane Little has this update.

The World's Jane Little reports that British scientists and theologians are calling for a Darwin Ceasefire, a truce in the battle between Darwin's evolution theories and religion. Today marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.

Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Eighty-one-year-old psychologist Edith Eva Eger will never forget. At 16, Eger was sent to Auschwitz. The World's Jane Little has her story.