Sunday Podcast
1) Venezuela latest, David Lammy on his faith, Gospel 'legend' Richard Smallwood dies
The citizens of Caracas in Venezuela were woken in the early hours yesterday by airstrikes and later discovered that President Maduro and his wife had been captured and taken for trial to the US. Pres...Show More
2) Christmas Carol Composers; Jimmy Lai; Muslim Theatre
Of all living composers, perhaps none are more closely associated with the sound of Christmas than John Rutter and Bob Chilcott. Earlier this year, both marked milestone birthdays - Rutter turned 80 a...Show More
3) New Archbishop of Westminster; Billy Bragg protest song; Priestess of Avalon
The Catholic Church in England and Wales has a new leader - Richard Moth has been named as the new Archbishop of Westminster, succeeding Cardinal Vincent Nichols who turned 80 last month. We hear from...Show More
New Archbishop of Westminster; Billy Bragg protest song; Priestess of Avalon
37:37 | Dec 21st, 2025
4) 14/12/2025
Should the confirmation of Bishop Sarah Mullaly as Archbishop of Canterbury be postponed whilst a complaint against her for the alleged mishandling of a sex abuse case is investigated? We talk to Don...Show More
5) Venezuela; History of Advent; Tom Stoppard
Amid the prospect of an imminent US strike on Venezuela, we look at how a once overwhelmingly Catholic country has seen its evangelical population surge from just 4% in the 1970s to nearly 30% today. ...Show More
6) 30/11/2025
The Pope has been marking a historic Christian anniversary during his visit to Turkey - and on Sunday is heading to Lebanon, just days after Israeli airstrikes on its capital, Beirut. A key moment of ...Show More
7) RE in Northern Ireland is unlawful; Pope and Cinema; Nation’s Favourite School Hymn
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Northern Ireland's Christian-focused RE curriculum is unlawful. Since then, churches, politicians and schools there have been trying to make sense of the poss...Show More
8) China's house church crackdown; Franco's Catholic legacy; 'Nunmania'
Across China, unregistered house churches are facing growing pressure from the authorities as the Chinese Communist Party tightens control over religious life. The Chinese Communist Party says citizen...Show More
9) Remembrance Sunday; Metropolitan Hilarion; Sudan
It is Remembrance Sunday, and one of the First World War stories we often refer back to at this time of year is the Christmas truce between British and German soldiers. A story has now emerged of a Wo...Show More
10) Traitors final; Muslim mayor for New York? Archbishop of Canterbury was my babysitter
If you're one of the millions who've been gripped by The Celebrity Traitors, you'll be counting down the hours to the final on Thursday. The Sunday programme explores the ethical questions about takin...Show More