In the October Vocationcast, the team speak to Sr Gabriel Davison OSC from BBC's 'The Convent' about the TV series, St Clare and the vocation to religious life. Paschal Uche talks about his experience of greeting the Pope during the Papal Visit last year and there's also a Franciscan reflection on vocation from seminarian Henry Whisenant.

Day Ten of the mass protests in Egypt. Protesters are seeking to oust President Hosni Mubarak, leader of the National Democratic Party and ruler for the past 30 years. Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Cairo, adopting Tahrir Square as their base, angry at the country's worsening economic situation and a political system that appears to have only benefited the wealthy. Forty percent of Egyptians live on less than $2-a-day.

Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian President and leader of the National Democratic Party has stepped down after 30 years in charge. In an extended Middle East Analysis, Dr Harry Hagopian, international lawyer and Middle East Consultant to the Catholic Bishops' Conference looks back on an extraordinary weekend for both Egypt and North Africa as a whole. Egypt may have been at the epicentre but the ripples of the uprising have reached from the Palestinian Authority to Algeria.

In this Middle East Analysis podcast, Dr Harry Hagopian discusses the anti-government uprisings in Libya, Yemen and Bahrain. With the eyes of the world focused firmly on Libya, Dr Hagopian, an international lawyer and consultant to both the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and the Middle East Council of Churches, takes a closer look at the rapidly developing situation in the North Africa Middle East region.

The Bishops' consultant on the Middle East, Dr Harry Hagopian, has recorded his latest podcast on the uprisings in Libya and the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region. With the rebels in control of much of the east of the country, we talked about the possibility of a stalemate, the prospect of civil war and future regional options.

Dr Harry Hagopian offers analysis on the UN Security Council Resolution that gave broad backing to military action against threats to Libyan civilians. We also examine a report focusing on the persecution of Iraqi Christians and look at demonstrations in the West Bank city of Ramallah where protesters called for an end to factions and for Hamas and Fatah to better represent their interests.

With Libya still dominating the headlines, and with tensions in Yemen, Bahrain and Syria persisting, Dr Harry Hagopian offers his regional analysis as part of our Middle East Analysis podcast series.