Things can only get better

Syria's Christians bide their time to see if the toppling of Assad will make them more or less safe. And how Justin Welby shredded the few remaining tatters of his reputation with one speech

Hello! We begin this week overseas in Syria, where the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad is finally over. What does the future hold for Syria’s beleaguered and dwindling Christian minority, after an Islamist rebel group swept into Damascus? Does their leader mean it when he promises full tolerance and equal rights for Syria’s religious minorities, or will the church in time come to regret the end of the blood-soaked Assad?

Then, we examine the astonishingly tone deaf speech given by Justin Welby in the House of Lords as he made his farewells from the chamber. What can we learn from it about his true feelings about the Makin report and his resignation?

Finally, the conservative Christian lobby group Christian Concern are whipping up fear and outrage over another complex and tragic medical tussle in the courts, this time over a brain dead woman and her deeply devout children. We look through the actual court judgements to find out if all is as it seems.

Then there’s my latest podca…