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Stemming the decline in congregations - could radical Church of Scotland proposals work for other churches? The Rev Dr Doug Gay, principal of Trinity College at the University of Glasgow believes elders should be commissioned for just three years; churches should consider asking people to give the last ten years of their working life to the church in exchange for some remuneration; vast reduction in the number of presbyteries. Will this work for the Church of Scotland? would it work for churches here in Ireland? Presbyterian minister Rev Lesley Carroll, Catholic priest Father Martin Magill and Church of Ireland minister Rev Adrian Dorrian discuss.

A life changing moment - the UK's first surrogate mother Kim Cotton tells of her decision 33 years to accept 拢6500 in exchange for conceiving, via artificial insemination, carrying and giving birth to a baby for an anonymous couple.

Guildford 4 man Paddy Armstrong reflects on the 15 years he spent in jail for a crime he didn't commit.

Searching for truth - then and now. Nearly 100 years ago Belfast hosted the heresy trial of Rev Dr James Ernest Davey, a former Presbyterian Moderator. Professor Laurence Kirkpatrick reflects on the controversy that spawned the birth of another church. From heresy to fake news - Irish Catholic Editor Michael Kelly on how the Vatican is coping with the spoof stories that fly around the world in a flash. NB the pope isn't changing the 4th Commandment to state Selfies Are An Abomination. Plus the best of the Sunday papers with Fionola Meredith and Nick Garbutt.