Sunday - 28/11/2010

More than twenty years after the first World Aids Day, our reporter Trevor Barnes asks if HIV prejudice is still an issue in the UK and if the Government takes HIV seriously. They maybe the most unlikeliest of pairings, but classical music group The Priests and poet Shane MacGowan are hoping that together their version of Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth will be the Christmas Number One. Father Eugene O'Hagan tells our Presenter William Crawley how their fans have reacted to the news. Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury explains to William why he's backing the 'Not Ashamed' Campaign, which offers Christians across the UK the chance to stand up and speak out on behalf of the Christian faith. A number of Teaching Unions, Educationalists, Religious Bodies and the British Humanist Association have written a joint letter to the Secretary of State for Education, seeking an end to compulsory worship in publicly funded schools in England. Brian Lightman, the General Secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders and the Reverend David Holloway, a Trustee of The Christian Institute, debate the issue. The General synod has voted to press ahead with the Anglican Covenant, a worldwide deal designed to keep Anglicans around the world united. Backed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, the Covenant will now be sent to dioceses for consideration. But the traditionalist lobby group GAFCON (the Global Anglican Future Conference) rejected the covenant, saying it was "no longer appropriate". We hear from Bishop Martyn Minns, a member of the Secretariat of the GAFCON Primates' Council and Dr Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne in the Diocese of Salisbury. E-mail: [email protected] Series producer: Amanda Hancox.