PODCASTS, VIDEO AND RADIO

The Hearts in Search of God project and the Pilgrimage of Hope have featured in several podcasts

and on national and local radio.


Here are a selection as well as podcasts about pilgrimage in England & Wales.

By Phil McCarthy July 9, 2026
I was delighted to be interviewed for the BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme about my recent pilgrimage along the Via di Francesco.
By Phil McCarthy June 15, 2026
I am very grateful to those who encouraged me during my 322 mile walk along the Via di Francesco. A total of £3,332 was raised to support the work of the St Francis Leprosy Guild, equivalent to more than £10 per mile walked! Many thanks to the trustees of the Guild for their help with social media and with managing the process.
By Phil McCarthy June 4, 2026
On 27th April I set out to walk from Florence to Assisi to Rome with two friends.
By Phil McCarthy April 2, 2026
I was delighted to be invited to contribute a paper on walking pilgrimage to the 2025 Lived Catholicism conference.
By Phil McCarthy December 22, 2025
I was delighted to be invited to record this brief Advent reflection for the Catholic Bishops' Conference (England and Wales) Wave of Hope series. My focus was the 2025 Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope.
By Anne E Bailey December 5, 2025
A new video of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of Hope from Anne E Bailey
By Phil McCarthy December 1, 2025
A podcast about pilgrimage has been launched, hosted and created by Torin Brown, the pilgrim officer at Canterbury Cathedral!
By Phil McCarthy October 6, 2025
In this special episode of the All Kinds of Catholic podcast Theresa Alessandro returns to Padley Chapel on the St Mark's Way of the Pilgrimage of Hope.
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By Phil McCarthy September 21, 2025
On the final day of the Pilgrimage of Hope Bishop Patrick McKinney walked with pilgrims and reflected on his experience and on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.
By Rowan Morton-Gledhill September 18, 2025
The St Mark's Way was the northern Way of the Pilgrimage of Hope. Rowan Morton-Gledhill wrote a blog and recorded a piece for BBC Radio Leeds.
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By Phil McCarthy September 17, 2025
In this special edition of the All Knds of Catholic podcast Theresa Alessandro speaks with pilgrims walking the Pilgrimage of Hope.
By Phil McCarthy August 15, 2025
A podcast on the Pilgrimage of Hope from Catholic News.
By Phil McCarthy June 3, 2025
In this podcast Dr Heather Warfield and I discuss walking pilgrimage through the First World War battlefields and visiting the cemeteries today.
By Phil McCarthy October 23, 2024
At the start of the Shrewsbury Pilgrim Way, Hearts in Search of God project lead Phil McCarthy was interviewed by Theresa Alessandro for her All Kinds of Catholic podcast.
By Phil McCarthy July 20, 2024
I was delighted to be invited to take part in this edition of BBC Radio 4's Beyond Belief on why we walk. Listen here.
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