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.
State funeral; Radical generosity; Folk songs in church
The Queen and Faith
Pope John Paul I; Pakistan floods; Disability at church
Liverpool shooting; Great cathedrals; Russian Jews
William Shatner, Bahá’is in Iran, Class in the Church of England
14/08/2022
Beyoncé and Faith, Gordon Brown and Pastor Mick; Lambeth Conference
31/07/2022
The Pope in Canada, faith groups at the Commonwealth games, the theology of Stranger Things
Faith and Tory Leadership Contest; Krishna Das and his Spiritual Journey; Stories marking 50 years of Uganda Asians in the UK
10/07/2022
Hajj Pilgrimage Bookings Chaos, Racial Justice in the Church of England, Wedding Fees
Hong Kong and faith; Traveller theology; Qawwali for a modern age.
The Church of England and slavery; Ukrainian military chaplains; Should the Lords Spiritual be scrapped?
Rwanda Asylum Scheme; Bible Readings and Prime Ministers; Musician Jim Seals and his Bahai faith.
05/06/2022
The Archbishop of Canterbury on Reconciliation; Religion and social care; US Christians divided over gun law reform.
'Replacement theory' and Christian nationalism in the US; the Sufi Muslim pacifist who turned British resistance agent
The arrest of Hong Kong Cardinal Joseph Zen; The history of black nuns; A Russian Quaker
The Bible on Screen; Religious Clashes In India; A Quaker Approach To School Behaviour
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