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SAINTS ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN

Richard Taylor looks at a special medieval ceremony called churching, for mothers who had survived the ordeal of childbirth. Together with Dr Carole Rawcliffe he visits Ranworth Church in Norfolk and stands in front of a beautiful panel of female saints to whom women down the centuries have prayed to help them have a safe delivery and also to give thanks for a safe birth.

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3 minutes