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.
Turkey and Syria Earthquake; Patriarch Kirill & KGB claims; C of E Synod; Prevent review
The 'living saint' and the sex cult; Frank Field's belief; chant music at the Grammys
Spiritual Bear; Better Sermons
Same Sex Marriage and the Church of England
Catholicism after Benedict. Faith in Prison, Shamanism
Repairing Relationships; Faith in Prisons; Embracing Failure.
Remembering Pope Benedict XVI
Jesus Rock; The Morality of Striking; Clemency for Prisoners
Warm spaces; Iranian protest; Christians in Qatar; Lords reform.
The future for Christianity, Benin Bronzes, Otis Williams and Silent Night
Islamic Art; Faith & Politics; Favourite Carols
Courtney Pine, Qatar and Fifa, New Anglican Denominations
Wayside Pulpits, Leicester Inquiry, Women in Qatar
Same-Sex Marriage and the Church of England; Meat-Free Fridays; Bellringing for the King
Hindu PM; Brazil elections; Religious relics; Nasheed choir
Politics and Trust; Sikh Community Kitchens; Poetry and Faith
British embassy in Israel; Diwali; Iranian hijab protests.
Themed weddings; Muslims and mental health; Jake Thackray
Iran and the Hijab; Faith in the reign of King Charles; Rural Church Monuments
Elvis's Faith; Black British Muslims; Cathedral Music
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