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Sunday: Coventry remembers, Vatican 'extravagance' leaked, Call the Midwife nuns pack up

Coventry remembers, Vatican 'extravagance' leaked, 'Call the Midwife' nuns pack up

08/11/2015

Coventry remembers, Vatican 'extravagance' leaked, Call the Midwife nuns pack up

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Coventry remembers, Vatican 'extravagance' leaked, Call the Midwife nuns pack up

Coventry Cathedral's mission after the destructive Blitz of 1940.

Coventry Cathedral's mission after the destructive Blitz of 1940, extravagant spending at the Vatican, and why the nuns who inspired Call the Midwife are moving on.

A notice placed in the Jewish Chronicle by the London Beth Din has called for a man to be banned from Synagogues as he won't give his wife a religious divorce. Lawyer Joanna Greenaway explains why they decided to 'name and shame'.

As Myanmar holds its first contested general election in 25 years there's concern that the Muslim population has been denied a vote and that Buddhist monks are too influential. We have the latest on polling day from our correspondent there.

Thousands of British Asians are expected to pack Wembley to welcome the Indian PM Narendra Modi to the UK next week. We debate if inter-religious tensions in India have worsened since Modi came to power or if his policies are forging a new united India.

Two new books have exposed what they claim is, 'corruption, mismanagement and waste' at the heart of the Holy See. Christopher Lamb, Rome correspondent for The Tablet, tells Edward Stourton about Vatican reaction to the revelations.

Bob Walker reports on the blitz that destroyed Coventry Cathedral 75 years ago and how it still shapes Remembrance Sunday in the city.

The last surviving nuns who inspired the BBC 1 drama, Call the Midwife, are selling up and downsizing. Rosie Dawson pays them a visit them as they pack up the prayer books.

When hospital chaplain Jeremy Pemberton married his same sex partner the licences he required to work were refused by the Diocesan Bishop and he was unable to take up a new job. This week an employment tribunal ruled that decision was legal. Jeremy tells Edward what he plans to do next and Ruth Gledhill from Christian Today analyses what this decision means for the Church.

Producers:
David Cook
Rosie Dawson

Editor:
Amanda Hancox

Photo courtesy Coventry Cathedral.

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