Sunday

It's over a 100 days since the blast shook the Lebanese capital, Beirut. In the weeks following hundreds of volunteers gathered to clear the city’s streets and repair the damage caused. Among them was artist, Hayat Nazer - who saw an opportunity to create a statue from the debris that would inspire hope for the people of Lebanon. The head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales has been heavily criticised for putting the reputation of the Church ahead of its duty to survivors of child abuse. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse also said that Cardinal Vincent Nichols had not shown, "compassion towards victims in the recent cases". We hear from one abuse survivor who presented her evidence to the inquiry along with a campaigner who disclosed the extent of abuse that took place at Ealing Abbey & St Benedict's School. Edward asks Baroness Sheila Hollins and the Catholic journalist Catherine Pepinster about the damage this report has done to the Church. News this week of a milestone Covid vacc