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10/07/2011

Jane Little with the religious and ethical news of the week. Moral arguments and perspectives on stories familiar and unfamiliar.

The Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament was set up in the mid-nineteenth century to support the Anglo-Catholic revival within the Church of England. But the charity has caused an uproar over its recent gift of a million pounds, more than half its assets, to members of the new Roman Catholic Ordinariate. Our reporter Kevin Bocquet investigates.
The Right Rev Victoria Matthews, Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand, will address a meeting at the Church of England's General Synod this weekend in York. Next year the Synod is due to hold its decisive vote on women bishops. So far ten dioceses within the Church have voted in favour of the draft legislation. Jane Little talks to the Bishop about her experience in the role.
It's the story of the Gospel on CD with a Bollywood flavour. Rev Thomas Singh tells Jane how it all came about.
Back in 2002, in Texas, Rais Bhuiyan was shot and partially blinded by Mark Stroman. He was lucky, Stroman killed two other people. Now he's facing the electric chair for his crimes. But Rais, a committed Muslim, is campaigning for a last minute reprieve for his attacker. He explains his reasons to our reporter Trevor Barnes.
And in a tumultuous week for the newspaper industry, we take a closer look at the morality behind modern journalism. Jane Little asks if we have the press that we deserve with Clifford Longley, former Religious Affairs correspondent for The Times and Dave Landrum, Director of Advocacy at the Evangelical Alliance.

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