Episode 7

In a new style weekly RMC podcast, presenter Hannah Scott-Joynt welcomes her regular co-hosts Leo Devine and Rosie Dawson to discuss key stories from the week including the death of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Pope’s appointment of new cardinals, and the controversial St Austell Earth Goddess statue.00:00Hannah Scott-Joynt welcomes her regular co-hosts to the podcast and asks them to comment on this week’s top stories.04:36Rosie Dawson welcomes fellow journalist Jonathan Luxmoore, an expert on Roman Catholicism in Poland and Russia, to discuss the religious dimension of former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, and the Pope’s latest cardinal appointments.20:29Leo Devine shares some lighter stories from around the country including the latest way of taking communion with a wafer (gluten-free) and a small quantity of wine from a mini UHT milk-style plastic cup, and he interviews the creator of the St Austell Earth Goddess statue which has been dividing Cornish opinion but attracting attention from around the world.LinksWebsite: https://religionmediacentre.org.uk/Twitter: https://twitter.com/RelMedCentre/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/religion-media-centre/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCthZf6RVTqJki6oTQTB6qmwContact [email protected](+44) 0203 970 0709