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The former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, is known for her strong Catholic faith but also for not being frightened to voice her views on the Church. She has just published a new book 鈥淨uo Vadis?鈥澨� in which she criticises the Church for not devolving power as much as it promised to, following the meeting of the bishops and the Pope at Vatican II fifty years ago.听 Mary believes that there should be more openess and discussion within the church to avoid mistakes again like the sexual abuse of young people by clergy, which was hidden away.

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Quo Vadis?: Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law is published by听Columba Press

ISBN-10: 1856077861

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Hillary Clinton has raised eyebrows for reportedly saying she听鈥榗an鈥檛 stand whining鈥� at work听and related her comments to those who struggle to commit to the 听choices they鈥檝e made about 听balancing 听work and family .听Does she have a point 鈥� if a woman accepts a high flying career job and and the salary that goes with it,听is it reasonable to tell her : 鈥業f you can鈥檛 stand the heat, get out of the kitchen鈥�? Jenni asks Liz Dawes, a former lawyer who left a career 听in听The City of London after thirteen听years and Gillian Wilmot, CEO of Board Mentoring.

A recent clip on Youtube听has attracted over 160,000 hits.听It shows听two toddlers on a park bench. The younger brother is being roundly lectured by his big sister who is just five years old.听She tells听her toddler brother he must 鈥榯oughen up鈥� , not spit , not pick fights and avoid upsetting听 their parents. Having or being a big sister 鈥� how much does it change your life? Jenni听explores sisterly听hierarchy 听with author and journalist, Diana Appleyard and TV presenter and broadcaster Sarah Greene.

New research claims听 that women who have been sexually abused in their youth are less likely to attend cervical cancer screenings. According to the National Health Service Cervical Screening Programme 78.6% of eligible women have had at least one smear test in the last five years. But researchers found only 77.5% of abused women had ever had one with less than half (48.5%) of them having been screened during the last five years.

Fear and anxiety as well as a lack of sensitivity by the healthcare worker administering the smear test were identified in the research - published in the Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care. Jenni is joined by Sarah Kelly, the National Association for People Abused in Childhood (NAPAC)鈥檚 training and development manager听and Louise Cadman, Research Nurse Consultant at the Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London

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