Church Times


Public must benefit, charities are told TRADITIONAL religious charities will not have to modernise their beliefs to prove that their work is of benefit to the public, the Charity Commission... Read more	Hybrid embryos one step nearer PLANS to create hybrid human and animal embryos for research received the approval of the House of Lords this week. Read more	Analyst reports drop in RC numbers A STEADY decline in the number of Roman Catholics born and baptised into the faith in England and Wales is linked to a Church that is facing declining... Read more

Keep creationism out of school, say scientists CREATIONISM is not science and does not belong in the science classroom, says a book, Science, Evolution and Creationism, newly published by the National... Read more	Bishops fear violence as protests begin afresh THE Anglican Church of Kenya has expressed its fear that violence might erupt again during the mass action being planned this week by the party opposed... Read more	Consent for inhibition withheld THE BISHOP of Pittsburgh, the Rt Revd Robert Duncan has been deemed by the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States to have abandoned... Read more

Unity Week centenary shows up a new stress on diversity THE Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins today — celebrating a centenary. Read more	Daily Service at 80 The BBC’s Director-General, Mark Thompson, at a party in Broadcasting House last week, praised the long-running Daily Service Read more	Government nuclear plan challenged THE BISHOP of Chelmsford, the Rt Revd John Gladwin, has challenged the Government to comment on issues that may arise “from a set of moral and ethical... Read more

Schofield judged to have ‘abandoned communion’ THE BISHOP of San Joaquin, the Rt Revd John-David Schofield has been inhibited by the Presiding Bishop, Dr Katharine Jefferts Schori, from working as... Read more	Canadian Primate sets out position on gay unions THE Primate of Canada, the Most Revd Fred Hiltz, has spelled out to his fellow Primates exactly where the Anglican Church of Canada stands on blessing... Read more	Dr Butler’s donor-card quest THE Bishop of Southwark, Dr Tom Butler, has called on the Government to improve the opt-in system for donating organs, before changing to an opt-out system... Read more

“Buy Less, Live More” campaign: Fake credit cards are being issued by the Methodist Church for Lent Read more	News in brief Uniform protest; Top results for church schools; Limerick Bishop to retire; Schools face closure after cuts; Spring Harvest, ICC merger on cards Read more	More news in brief They also serve; EU trade deals ‘seriously flawed’ says charity; Synod member honoured; Disability award for Church bodies; Read more

Bishop lashes ‘imperious and embarrassing’ GAFCON AN AUSTRALIAN BISHOP has publicly dissociated himself from the proposed Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) in Jerusalem in June. Read more	All too familiar Tewkesbury Abbey, in Gloucestershire, reflected in floodwater on Wednesday. Read more	Extend hospitality to Muslims, Bishop tells Dr Nazir-Ali CHURCH of England bishops, during their House of Bishops meeting, contradicted the claim made last week by the Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali... Read more

C of E could help pensioners find housing cash, says group THE Retirement Housing Review does not recommend an end to tied housing. Read more	Limbering up The Revd Dick Whittington is to run the 2008 London Marathon for the Chelsea Pensioners Appeal Read more	Anxiety may accompany conversion RELIGIOUSLY active men and women are less likely to become alcoholic or suffer from general anxiety than those who never go to church. Read more

Threatened A woman and child wade through floodwater in Mutara, Mozambique, last week. Read more	Government initiative seeks to help young runaways THE Government announced new measures last week to help young runaways, after a 20-year campaign spearheaded by the Children’s Society. Read more	HE chaplains crucial, says Minister THE Government is to update its advice to universities on how to prevent extremist propaganda on campus. Read more

Ed Balls’s remarks on faith schools ‘misconstrued’ SPECULATION that the Government might be backtracking on its support for new church schools and those sponsored by other faiths was denied by a spokesman... Read more	Out of line Image of North East People Against Pylons Campaign demonstration Read more	Cricket club lifts priest’s 70-year ban A NOTTINGHAMSHIRE cleric who was banned from the Kimberley Institute Cricket Club Ground in 1938 for jeering at a player, was welcomed back by the club... Read more

Riot police used to enforce new Harare province ANGLICAN churches in Harare will defy a police ban and hold services with their appointed priests on Sunday, the Bishop of Harare, Dr Sebastian Bakare... Read more	From Frome to a Kenyan diocese A SOMERSET VICAR has been appointed suffragan bishop in Kenya, it was announced this week. Read more	Istanbul ordination may worsen life for Christians THE ordination of a local man last weekend by the Bishop in Europe, Dr Geoffrey Rowell, to minister to a Turkish-speaking congregation in Istanbul, has... Read more

Palestinians and Israelis have mixed reactions to Bush visit THE VISIT by the US President, George W. Bush, to the Holy Land represented potentially the biggest boost to the Middle East peace process in recent years... Read more