Msgr Michael Nazir-Ali is one of the most distinguished Christian leaders of the modern era. A former Bishop of Rochester, member of the House of Lords and one of the final two candidates to become Archbishop of Canterbury, he has spent more than four decades at the forefront of Christian theology, public life and international affairs, advising the Church, Parliament and the Royal Family.

Born in Pakistan into a family with both Christian and Muslim roots, he became one of the youngest bishops in the Anglican Communion before rising to become one of the most influential voices in the Church of England. His work has spanned Christian-Muslim relations, bioethics, religious freedom, evangelisation and the persecution of Christians across the world.

After serving for fifteen years as the 106th Bishop of Rochester, he entered the House of Lords, where he became the first religious leader from Asia to sit among the Lords Spiritual. He also chaired the Ethics and Law Committee of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, helping shape national debates on IVF, embryo research, stem cells, assisted dying and the dignity of human life. An internationally respected scholar, he has studied at Karachi, Cambridge, Oxford and Harvard, taught theology for decades and authored numerous books on Christianity, Islam, mission and public life.

In 2021, after a lifetime of ecumenical dialogue and theological reflection, Michael Nazir-Ali was received into full communion with the Catholic Church and ordained a Catholic priest for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. The following year Pope Francis named him a Monsignor in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Christian thought and unity.

In this wide-ranging conversation with Catholic Unscripted, Monsignor Michael Nazir-Ali reflects on the future of Christianity, the crisis facing Western civilisation, relations with Islam, the importance of evangelisation, the challenges confronting the Church today and the enduring hope of the Gospel.

Whether you know him from his years in the House of Lords, his leadership within the Church of England, his conversion to Catholicism or his influential writings, this is an interview with one of the most accomplished and intellectually formidable Christian voices of our time.

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