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On the 30th anniversary of the start of the genocide, with Mike Wooldridge

Former BBC Religious Affairs Correspondent Mike Wooldridge leads today's Sunday Worship marking the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide and examining its spiritual legacy.

Former BBC Religious and World Affairs Correspondent Mike Wooldridge leads today's Sunday Worship marking the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide and examining its spiritual legacy. The scale and brutality of the genocide, which began on this day thirty years ago, caused shock worldwide, but no country intervened to forcefully stop the killings. Up to one million perished across one hundred days. Mike reported from Rwanda as the response of churches in the highly Christianised country came under increasing scrutiny. In some cases they either stood aside or were even complicit. We hear the harrowing experiences of those who suffered in the genocide or witnessed the brutality. How could this have happened? It remains a profound question today, and one we hear reflected in our worship and in prayers offered in remembrance and in repentance. Producer: Philip Billson.

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