Radical candour

Two cathedrals are mired in murky controversy, and why is nobody talking about a massacre of Christians in the DRC?

Hello! This week we look at two cathedrals which are wrestling with internal conflict, but conflict which we are not apparently allowed to know anything about. Bangor and Winchester Cathedrals have endured infighting, safeguarding complaints, social media campaigns, and outside investigations - but despite all of that it remains hard to know what on earth is going on at these flagships of the faith.

Then we look at disturbing reports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where persecuted church groups are claiming up to 70 Christians have been beheaded in a church by an Islamist militia group. Can we trust this, and why is it getting so little interest and attention?

There’s also my latest podcast (what are AI chatbots doing to our conceptions of personhood) and a list of interesting church news stories, this week including an immovable font, an unfillable bishopric, an unresolvable financial scandal, and an unrepentant teacher.

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