Sunday - 25/04/2010

It's been another momentous week for the Catholic Church, as it struggled to deal with more sex abuse scandals, the head of the Church in England and Wales decided the time was right to apologise. Why now and will it be enough? We are less than two weeks to the election and following on from our examination of where the Christian and Muslims votes may go on May the 6th; we look to the UK's Jewish community and ask what issues are important to them. We'll also here how Scotland's faith groups are gearing up for the elections to Westminster and how the Church of Scotland, traditionally seen as the voice of political opposition, has seen that particular power fade away since devolution. Austria is holding elections this weekend to choose a new President; one of the candidates Barbara Rosenkranz has caused huge controversy with her extreme right wing views especially on the holocaust. We will find out how the Catholic Church has joined the attack on her. Geza Vermes has been one of the foremost religious historians for decades, Edward speaks to him about his writings on Jesus the Jew, the Dead Sea Scrolls and his own life. And we find out which is the most religious place on earth with the help of a survey across nineteen countries and 25,000 people. E-mail: [email protected] Series producer: Amanda Hancox.