The Church of England is facing renewed criticism following its decision to close its own Independent Safeguarding Board last year. At the time, church authorities said they closed the board in order to replace it with a more independent and more effective body. But some victims and survivors of abuse say that decision left them feeling abandoned, silenced and re-traumatised. William Crawley hears from one of those survivors, as well as from David Glasgow, a clinical psychologist who has published his own report into the matter, and from Dr Jamie Harrison, chair of the House of Laity on the Archbishops' Council.
In Nicaragua, Catholic universities and charities have been closed or seized by the government because bishops and priests have publicly challenged what they view as the regime's abuse of human rights. Francisco Urrutia, General Secretary of the Association of Jesuit Universities in Latin America, tells the programme that President Daniel Ortega's regime is set on silencing the church's voice in public life.
The rapper Lil Nas X is the latest musical artist to cause controversy with his new song, "J-CHRIST", accompanied by a music video in which he's strapped to the cross in place of Jesus. He has apologised insisting he didn't mean to mock Christianity. Delvyn Case, Professor of Music at Wheaton College in Massachusetts, explores the history of pop music's sometimes uncomfortable relationship with Jesus.
PRESENTER; William Crawley PRODUCERS: Amanda Hancox and Alexa Good EDITOR: Dan Tierney.
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Keeping fit South Asian style, Navajo Nation, Church post-lockdown
VE Day Anniversary; Christian Charity Crisis; Ramadan Online
'Telephone Lament for Coronavirus', US Lockdown Protests, 'Best of' Streamed Worship.
Chester Mystery Plays go online; Pope Francis on Covid-19; Jewish Chronicle's financial woes
Covid ethical dilemmas; Plants for Passion; Holy Howlers
Covid-19 Funerals; Charity Funding; Fuad Nahdi
Response of Religions to Coronavirus; Worship Online; Mothing Sunday
The Bones of Saint Eanswythe; Christ Church College Dispute; Coronavirus and the Vatican
Digital Religion; International Women's Day; Coronavirus and a South Korean Religious Sect
Vatican "Secret" Archives; Coping with Trauma and Dehli Religious Riots
Doom Paintings, Illegal Schools; Bloomberg and the Jewish Vote
When Gospel Meets Hip-hop; Safeguarding; National Holocaust Memorial
Franklin Graham; Faith and Film; Red Sea Spies
Church of England football; Lawyer to Asia Bibi; The Rule of Benedict
Remembering the Holocaust; RE in Wales; Ezekiel Bread
A Hidden Life, Xenobots, Synagogue Leadership Row
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The Spirituality of Bees; Celebration Earth and Ethical Veganism.
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