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Sunday: Guildford Cathedral planning crisis, Sanctuary churches in America, No swimming on the Sabbath

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26/02/2017

Guildford Cathedral planning crisis, Sanctuary churches in America, No swimming on the Sabbath

BBC Radio 4 - Sunday, Guildford Cathedral planning crisis, Sanctuary churches in America, No swimming on the Sabbath

Sunday morning religious news and current affairs programme, presented by Edward Stourton.

Guildford Cathedral has 'no plan B' as it tries to stay financially viable. How sanctuary churches in the US plan to protect immigrants. Where can you not you swim on the Sabbath?

There's a risk Guildford Cathedral could close after a council planning committee rejected a proposal to build 134 houses on cathedral land. The Dean of Guildford Cathedral says money raised by the sale of the land would have provided long-term funding for the maintenance of the building. Trevor Barnes reports.

Church leaders from South Sudan have called on the international community to assist millions of people who are facing starvation in the country. Canon Ian Woodward tells Edward Stourton about the historic link the Diocese of Salisbury has with South Sudan and what they are hearing about the situation there. 

More churches in America have declared themselves 'sanctuary churches' offering protection from deportation to undocumented migrants. Jane O'Brian reports from Washington DC.

Dr Peter Mandaville is a former Senior Advisor at the US Department of State under both Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He's been invited to speak at the British Islam Conference. He tells Edward about the challenges he believes Muslims now face following the US election and Brexit vote in the UK.

For his latest book, the veteran Labour politician Roy Hattersley has turned his attention to a what he describes as 'the adventure story' of Catholics in Britain and Ireland.

BBC reporter Roddy Munro tells Edward why some families on the Isle of Lewis are protesting against a decision by the local council not to open a swimming pool on the Sabbath.

Should Bristol Cathedral remove a stained glass window that celebrates the legacy of the merchant and MP Edward Colston because he made much of his fortune through the slave trade? The Dean, David Hoyle debates with theologian Robert Beckford.

Producers:
David Cook 
Louise Clarke-Rowbotham

Editor:
Christine Morgan.

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