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The Catholic Church in the United States has launched a legal assault on President Obama's health reforms. Edward speaks with Jane Little in Washington.

A bell which has been on a pilgrimage around Ireland and to Rome and Lourdes, makes a small detour to Media City for this weekend's Sunday programme. Edward talks to Pilgrimage Coordinator Tommy Burns.

Services aimed at drawing indigenous Catholics in Australia back to Mass have started in Sydney's inner city where the church is including special liturgies, hymns and prayers written by Aboriginal people, and smoking or water ceremonies to serve as penitential rites. Phil Mercer reports.

The saga of women bishops in the Church of England continued this week when the House of Bishops added two amendments to the proposed legislation. Robert Pigott tells Edward how this likely to play at the General Synod.

Was it wrong for a GCSE exam board to have a question asking pupils to explain why some people are prejudiced against Jews? Edward discusses with Rabbi Jonathan Romain and Robert Labatto.

A Church Urban Fund report naming the poorest areas in England showed that nine out of the top ten are in the Northwest. Kevin Bocquet reports from the south shore in Blackpool which had the lowest male life expectancy in the country.

The Crown Nominations Committee met for the first time this week to consider candidates to succeed Rowan Williams. Ruth Gledhill and Stephen Bates discuss who is in the running for the Anglican Communion's top job.