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All Things Considered marks the fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war with an interview with the Anglican priest who serves in possibly the most dangerous parish in the world.

Canon Andrew White, vicar of Baghdad, was in the country during the last years of the Saddam regime, and knew many of its key figures. He's been there through some of the most terrible slaughter.

Threats to his life have forced him out for short periods, but despite his progressive multiple sclerosis, he's always returned, and the church which he reopened is now packed every Sunday, and remains a lifeline for many.

With a brief for reconciliation work across the Middle East, Andrew White has negotiated with religious leaders and politicians, with soldiers and with hostage takers and he talked to Roy Jenkins about day to day life in Baghdad at the present time.

Also in this week's programme, news of a landmark report just published which reckons that churches and other faith communities in Wales contribute more than £100 million to the national economy every year.

The most comprehensive survey of its kind ever made in Wales, it found that 40,000 unpaid volunteers do 80,000 hours of community work a week.

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