Sheryl Sandberg has resigned as Chief Operating Officer of Meta, the company that brought us Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. She, along with Mark Zuckerberg have connected us in ways previously unimagined, but it's also opened a Pandora's box of issues including privacy, political meddling and fake news.

There's a long history of African American Catholic sisters, but it has been overlooked, even erased. Now, a new book tells the powerful story of how these Black nuns brought their faith and voices to the struggle of civil rights in America.

Once again, a church is being rocked by allegations of sexual abuse — this time, it's the powerful American Southern Baptists. Hundreds of cases of abuse that have now lasted for decades, and a shocking cover up.

Today, a special edition of the program marking Reconciliation Week. Stan Grant moderated a discussion, bringing together different people to discuss faith, and how that can bring about reconciliation in Australia.

A new US government report is shining a light onto generations of Native American children who were taken from their families and sent to boarding schools, to be forcibly assimilated. Many, at least thousands of children died in those institutions.

One of the first things new PM Anthony Albanese has committed to is a referendum for a voice for Indigenous people in the constitution. There is a groundswell of support in the Australian public — including amongst faith groups. You don't hear much about religion and the Uluru Statement from the Heart, but it is a document of profound faith and hope.

Australians deserted Liberal and Labor in droves. Labor won, but the big winners here were the others, especially the Independents. Dai Le is one of them, she defeated Labor's high-profile Kristina Keneally, winning the seat of Fowler in Sydney's religiously and culturally diverse west.

There's an old saying, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" — but is that true? What about those who cling too strongly to the past, and what happens when the past is weaponised?

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is a political leader who wore his faith publicly. Of course, he's also an expert on China and China's place in the world. We asked him about the future of religious discrimination legislation in Australia, his personal faith, and whether the role of faith in China presents a challenge to the Chinese Communist Party.

Given the headlines you could be forgiven for thinking the Anglican church is tearing itself apart over the question of same-sex marriage. The tension in the church goes deeper as well — what is the future of the clash between progressives and conservatives in the church?