03/07/2011

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The first of the blockade-busting flotilla of boats bound for Gaza has set off; there are fears of a repeat of the violence last year which led to the death of nine protesters. The BBC's Yolande Knell describes the mood in Jerusalem. Two weeks ago, we joined Symon Hill as he set off on a walk of repentance from Birmingham to London. Symon finishes his walk this weekend and he will tell William about his journey. Files have revealed that a Christian socialist group, which had the future Archbishop of Canterbury as one of its members, was being watched by MI5 and was called 'the most subversive group in the Church'. William finds out more about it with two of the group's former members. The race for the Republican Presidential nomination is hotting up, and the religion of the two front runners is playing a big factor. William speaks to US political analyst Mark Pinsky and author Tricia Erickson. What effect has one posting on YouTube of a female had on the role of women in the strict kingdom of Saudi Arabia? We'll hear from women's rights activist Hala Al Dosari. This week the Pope ventured into cyberspace, tweeting from the Vatican. We will hear William's visit to the Vatican's Observatory at Castel Gandolfo just outside Rome, the Catholic Church's own link to outer space. The Department of Health wants women who are considering an abortion to have the choice of independent counselling. Trevor Barnes explores what this will mean for pro choice and pro life groups. And a pavilion in a field in north Wales will be transformed into Noah's Ark for one night this week, as 200 schoolchildren, dancers and an orchestra take to the stage in a community production of Benjamin Britten's opera, Noye's Fludde.