After 20 years of distinctive coverage of religion on mainstream television, this is the final episode of Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly. Correspondents Kim Lawton and Lucky Severson reflect on changing themes in religion over the past 20 years and memorable stories and interviews. Also, University of Virginia Professor Vanessa Ochs reflects on some of the rituals the series has spotlighted.

After 20 years of distinctive coverage of religion on mainstream television, Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is coming to an end. The series looks back at some of its most memorable reports and interviews. This week, longtime host Bob Abernethy and correspondents Fred de Sam Lazaro, Judy Valente and Tim O’Brien remember some of the many people of faith and religious leaders they have profiled.

Conflict Resolution in Public Schools; In the Footsteps of Mother Teresa; Perspective on Syrian Refugees: Imam Omar Suleiman

Sanctuary Movement; 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation

Religious Reaction to Trump Executive Orders; New Camaldoli Hermitage; Martin Scorsese’s “Silence”

Religion and the New Trump Administration; Terry Waite

Millennials and the Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr; Katie Meyler

Brexit and London’s Muslim Mayor; Sean Callahan; Shabbat/Sabbath

The annual special program looking ahead to the top religion and ethics stories we expect to be following in 2017. Host Bob Abernethy talks with Managing Editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

In our final show before the New Year, we review the top religion and ethics stories of 2016. Host Bob Abernathy is joined by R&E managing editor Kim Lawton, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne, and Jerome Socolovsky, editor-in-chief of Religion News Service.

Mercy Chefs; The Threshold Choir; Hanukkah on the River

Restoring the Buffalo; Larry Brilliant; Bethlehem’s Holy Family Hospital

Salt Lake City Refugee Resettlement; Christmas Music Tells the Story; Packing Meals for the Hungry

America’s Incarcerated; Haiti Hurricane Relief Update; F.A.R.M. Café

Post-Election Analysis; Three Rivers Spirituality

Morally Conflicted Voters; Muslim American Voters; African-American Spirituals

Election 2016: Candidates’ Religious Backgrounds; The Meaning of Peace in the Qur’an

Election 2016: Catholic Voters; Liberian Entrepreneur Chid Liberty

Religious Debate and the Campaign; Fighting Human Trafficking; Old Skool Café

Creating Working Schools in Liberia; Holocaust Denial; Blessing of the Animals