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World Service,08 Nov 2003,26 mins

Anglican Church’s first openly gay bishop

Reporting Religion

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Reactions from around the world to the ordination of the Anglican Church’s first openly homosexual bishop Gene Robinson. What would a split in the Anglican Church mean in practice? Also on the programme: in Germany the 65th anniversary of Kristallnacht stirs up uncomfortable memories of anti-Semitism and Muslim reaction as Norwegian minister says Islam should modernise.

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