The week ahead – from 1 to 7 November

The Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul. The end of the world and what to do about it. Two Hungarian saints: Elizabeth of Hungary and Margaret of Scotland. Saint Roque González and the colonisation of South America by the Indians. Episode notes.

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica. Saint Martin of Tours and Saint Leo the Great. More about Remembrance Cards. Dante again; the purification of sin; forgetting and remembrance. Episode notes.

All Souls’ Day and the month of November. “Resurrection Is Now”: an experience from Australia. Death as completion, and praying for the dead. Remembrance Cards in Universalis. Saint Nuno Álvares Pereira, warrior and Carmelite. Episode notes.

This coming weekend: why celebrating All Saints’ Eve and All Saints is so important. Saint Me. Finding friends among the saints. Protecting children against fear. Episode notes.

Pope Saint John Paul II: ‘Do not be afraid’. Blessed Daudi Okelo and Jildo Irwa. Saint John of Capistrano and why we are not Muslims. Saint Antony Mary Claret: 15 assassination attempts and millions of books. Episode notes.

Saint Callistus, and forgiveness. Saint Teresa of Ávila, and reform. Our Lady of Aparecida, and the poor and simple. Episode notes.

St Francis of Assisi’s 800th anniversary, and some books about him. St Abraham the patriarch. St John Henry Newman. The feast of the Most Holy Rosary. Episode notes.

Michael, Gabriel and Raphael. The Guardian Angels. Martyrs from Japan and Brazil. Saint Thérèse of Lisieux and her Little Way. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 7. Lust. Episode notes.

Saint Matthew. The prophet Ezekiel. How Christianity is about being a better lover. Blessed Émilie Tavernier-Gamelin. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 6. Gluttony. Episode notes.

The Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Seven Deadly Sins in Dante: 5. Avarice. Episode notes.