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Sunday: The chief rabbi, The cardinal and the pope, Bonhoeffer, Assisted dying

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06/09/2015

The chief rabbi, The cardinal and the pope, Bonhoeffer, Assisted dying

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Edward Stourton speaks to the archbishop of Vienna about the migrant crisis in Europe.

Edward Stourton speaks to the archbishop of Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schonborn about the migrant crisis in Europe.

Edward speaks to the archbishop of Vienna, cardinal Christoph Schonborn about the migrant crisis in Europe.

In the second part of the series exploring the work of individuals who have devoted themselves to working for others of different faiths in their communities, there is a profile of Bradford Pentecostal pastor Benjamin Ayesu.

Pope Francis announced this week that all priests can grant forgiveness for the 'sin of abortion' during the Holy Year of Mercy. Professor Anthea Butler has been looking at the reaction in the US to Pope Francis's statement.

Rt Rev James Newcombe, Bishop of Carlisle, talks about the Church of England's opposition to the proposed change to the law on assisted dying. This is not, he says, an attempt to 'push' a religious viewpoint. He is worried that a change would have serious detrimental effects on individuals and society.

As the Queen becomes the longest reigning monarch in British history, the dean of Westminster, rev Dr John Hall, and Church historian, Diarmaid MacCulloch, reflect on how she has conducted herself in her role as supreme governor of the Church of England.

Rev. Dr Keith Clements explains how the two years spent in England by German Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer, influenced his ministry before his execution in 1945.

This week Cardinal Vincent Nichols took the Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, to meet the pope for the first time. Reporter Charles Carroll was with them.

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