Les Chemins de la foi interreligious morning on France 2 confronting fear, Digi Mart USA News (France): Wars, terrorism, social crises and anxiety about the future: fear runs through the present era. On Sunday, November 22, from 8:30 a.m.
to 11:00 a.m. on France 2 and france.tv, the religious programs of “Les Chemins de la foi” will come together for an exceptional interfaith morning presented by David Milliat.
The special is an original two-part broadcast designed to face fear without denying or fleeing it, and to seek together a path toward trust. The format is rare on television: it brings together on one set the leaders of the major religious traditions present in France, then gives the floor to people who have lived through fear.
From 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., seven religious figures from the major traditions will debate the question that unites them: what should be done when fear becomes a political weapon?
Journalists Pierre Haski and Richard Werly open the morning with an analysis of a world under tension, and religious historian Jean-François Colosimo looks back at the legacy of the Assisi meeting.
Participants include Antony Boussemart, co-president of the Union bouddhiste de France; Chems-Eddine Hafiz, rector of the Grand Mosquée de Paris; Haïm Korsia, Grand Rabbin de France; Bishop Ihor Rantsya, Ukrainian Greek Catholic bishop; Bishop Syméon Cossec, auxiliary bishop of the Orthodox churches; Christian Krieger, president of the Fédération protestante de France; and Bishop Benoît Bertrand, bishop of Pontoise.
From 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., the second part shifts focus.
Journalist Sébastien Bohler, a neuroscience specialist, and philosopher Laurence Devillairs explore what fear reveals about us and how it can be overcome. Witnesses follow: a Christian refugee from Iraq and an Orthodox refugee from Ukraine describe rebuilding after war; Buddhist and Protestant meditation retreats confront personal fears; a Catholic dares to laugh about fear, a Muslim bets on dialogue, and a Jewish participant makes memory a bulwark.
In the studio, five guests react to these accounts.
The broadcast’s message is that while religions offer no ready-made solution to fear, they propose paths for moving through it. The program follows a meeting between religious leaders in Metz, two months earlier, during a visit by Pope Leo XIV, and continues a long tradition of public-service television.
The reference to Assisi is significant. In 1986, at the initiative of Pope John Paul II, leaders of the world’s major religions gathered in the Italian city of Saint Francis to pray and bear witness together for peace.
Forty years later, bringing seven traditions together on one set extends that symbolic gesture on the French scale.
The morning raises a question shared by all believers: can dialogue and prayer be translated into concrete commitments to build peace? The program runs two and a half hours on air.
“Les Chemins de la foi” is among the oldest recurring programs on French television. Each Sunday morning, it presents several worship services in the form of ceremonies, documentaries and debates, as part of the public broadcaster’s mission.
Each year, a thematic interfaith morning brings the traditions together around a common thread; after fraternity, food and religious heritage, this year fear is at the center of the exchanges.
When and where to watch: France 2, Sunday, November 22, 2026, 8:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; format: interfaith morning, 150 minutes; streaming/replay on france.tv.
