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

As the standoff between morality and money continues in the heart of London, Edward Stourton examines the issues that have shone an unwelcome spotlight on the Banking system and its relationship with the Established Church. Do our financial institutions need to adopt a more rigorous moral framework , if so what should that be ? Edward is joined by the Bishop of Bradford the Rt Rev Nick Baines, Eric Lonergan, Fund Manager and Author of Money and John Millbank, Professor of Religion, Ethics and Politics at Nottingham University.

Our Reporter Trevor Barnes takes a journey into the City with Alex Brummer, City Editor of the Daily Mail, to see how the bankers view the protestors and their claims that the industry lacks morality.

As the Irish Government announces the closure of its Embassy to the Holy See, Edward explores whether there was more to this decision than a cost cutting exercise, with reporter Ruth McDonald

Dawud Burbank was noted as one of the key figures of Islam's Salafi Movement here in Britain, but earlier this week whilst on the Hajj Pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, he was tragically killed in a bus fire. Edward talks to one of his close friends, Abu Khadeejah, from the Salafi Mosque in Small Heath, Birmingham about the legacy he leaves behind.

And Adam Easton reports from Poland on the growing popularity of a new anti-clerical political party amongst the country's younger generation, at the expense of the Roman Catholic Church

Series Producer: Amanda Hancox.