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.
Church Bucket List; Survivors Redress Scheme; Jewish Time Capsule
Manchester Camerata ; Cardinal Vincent Nicholls and Baptism Error
Leroy Logan; Prayer Wall; Witches Pardon
Wedding law review, ‘Celebration Earth’, the ‘Holy Blood of Hailes’
Andy Burnham, Jonathan Sacks and others celebrate Sunday's 50 birthday.
Medieval Sacristy revealed; The Good Childhood Report; Climate Change Protest
Jewish Spell Book; Detained Sikh; Education Bishop
Britain's Pilgrim Places; Church of England Safeguarding Concerns; Gong Baths
John Hume remembered, Women in Top Vatican Jobs, Yoga therapy
Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki 75 years on; Sheffield Cathedral Choir; Hajj in lockdown
Bishop Michael Curry; Sudan; Westminster Abbey Financial Crisis
Church Finance Crisis; Islam Campus Report; Methodism & Racism
Greyfriars Bobby; Jehovah's Witness; the New Archbishop of York
Cycling Sisters; Leicester in Lockdown; Children's Mental Health
Hajj, Russian Jews and Weddings are back.
The Journey App, Rowan Williams, Black Jews
Post Office IT dispute, Carers week; Places of worship reopening.
Young Black UK Voices; President Trump's Evangelicals; Hagia Sofia
DJ Chaplain; Vatican's Covid-19 Commission; Prayers in the parking lot
George Floyd death reaction, Sikh representation row, ‘Most popular hymn of hope’
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The Hello Heaven Podcast
Global News Podcast
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
The Infinite Monkey Cage
You’re Dead to Me
Elis James and John Robins