Promoting Excellence in Broadcasting about Religion, Ethics and Spirituality
In an open letter to American Catholic Bishops last week, Pope Francis addressed Donald Trump’s policy of “mass deportations” and urged US Catholics to consider the “infinite and transcendent dignity of every human person”. “The true common good is promoted when society and government, with creativity and strict respect for the rights of all … welcomes,
This year has seen two of the UK’s unique and most important cultural institutions celebrate important anniversaries. The BBC and Channel 4 have now been entertaining, educating and informing audiences for 100 years and 40 years respectively. On 3rd November, the BBC’s centenary was marked in the House of Lords and the Bishop of Leeds, Nick Baines,
The beginning of a response to the Government’s proposal on a potential change of ownership In July 2021 the government published its plans to privatise Channel 4 and launched a public consultation on the same. This isn’t the first time the subject has been mooted. There have been numerous attempts to impose an “alternative ownership model” for Channel 4 since the 1990s. The most recent