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- Williams provokes row over sharia law
- Disputed parts of Anglican Covenant redrafted
- Jensen gives his verdict on Lambeth: I’m not coming
- Bishop Jones apologises for Reading-affair open letter
- MU criticises ‘salacious’ media view of marriage
- Body-parts exhibition denounced
- Sentamu flies to Kenya to offer support
- Conflict in Chad leaves trail of misery
- Dr Bakare enthroned in stadium
- ‘Second Coming’ earthquake shakes Rwanda and Congo
- Undeterred: Pancake race goes ahead
- Act on autism, Church urged
- Diocesan medal-winner loses deportation appeal
- Christians fearful after Baghdad bombs
- Norway has rethink on Bible words
- Happy relief
- Conference is ‘not as crucial as it once was’
- Akinola and Africans also pulling out
- Lenten counsels come thick and (carbon) fast
- Ex-SPCK shops close branches and cut staff and hours
- Essex vicar seeks wife to join in valentine set-up
- Electronic system for Synod votes
- ‘Not woolly’
- Quiet period
- £2m is awarded, but Salisbury misses out
- ‘No-go’ bishop gets death threats
- Researchers allege bias in faith schools
- Raising a smile
- Don’t close village schools to cut places, says Minister
- TAP time again — our 2008 Lenten appeal opens
- Question of the week
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 Williams provokes row over sharia lawTHE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury sparked off an impassioned debate about the adoption of sharia law in the UK on Thursday, when he suggested in a lecture... |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Disputed parts of Anglican Covenant redraftedTHE design group in charge of steering the Anglican Covenant through its various stages has produced a new draft, the St Andrew’s Draft. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Jensen gives his verdict on Lambeth: I’m not comingTHE Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, has finally ended speculation and announced, “with regret”, that neither he nor the five Sydney regional bishops... |
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 Bishop Jones apologises for Reading-affair open letterTHE Bishop of Liverpool, the Rt Revd James Jones, has had a Damascus-road experience about homosexuality. |
 MU criticises ‘salacious’ media view of marriageLONG-TERM cohabitation does not provide the stability of marriage, says the Mothers’ Union (MU), in response to the latest findings of the British Social... |
 Body-parts exhibition denouncedAN EXHIBITION at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Manchester, which is due to open on 22 February, has been condemned by the Bishop of Manchester... |
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%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Sentamu flies to Kenya to offer supportTHE Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, was due to fly out to the troubled country of Kenya last night for a four-day visit. |
Conflict in Chad leaves trail of miseryFIGHTING has now stopped in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, but humanitarian agencies remain concerned about the aftermath. |
Dr Bakare enthroned in stadiumTHOUSANDS of Anglicans packed the City Sports Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Sunday, for Dr Sebastian Bakare’s enthronement and investiture as interim... |
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‘Second Coming’ earthquake shakes Rwanda and CongoWORSHIPPERS in Rwanda were so alarmed at the massive earthquake that shook their church in Butare on Sunday that they thought it could be a sign of the... |
Undeterred: Pancake race goes aheadRipon Cathedral choristers staged their own pancake race on Shrove Tuesday, after the official event was cancelled because of health and safety restrictions... |
Act on autism, Church urgedCHURCHES of all denominations are being urged to mark this coming Sunday as an international day of prayer for those with autism and Asperger syndrome... |
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Diocesan medal-winner loses deportation appealA 19-YEAR-OLD immigrant, who was honoured this week for his contribution to society, has lost his appeal against deportation to Nigeria |
Christians fearful after Baghdad bombsLAST WEEK’S suicide bombings at two markets in Baghdad have caused shock and revulsion around the world. |
Norway has rethink on Bible wordsCHURCH leaders in Norway have backed a proposal by the national Ombudsman for Children, Reidar Hjermann, that new translations of the Bible must avoid... |
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Happy reliefThe San Felice Madonna sells at Sotheby's |
Conference is ‘not as crucial as it once was’ON SATURDAY I had the pleasure of ordaining 49 men and women who were officially starting their ministries in Anglican churches in Sydney and beyond... |
Akinola and Africans also pulling outCONFIRMATION by the Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, that he and other Sydney bishops would not be at the Lambeth Conference followed hard on the... |
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Lenten counsels come thick and (carbon) fast“GIVE up some carbon for Lent” is one of the many suggestions for self-denial this year. |
Ex-SPCK shops close branches and cut staff and hoursFurther closures and staff cuts were announced this week at the former SPCK bookshop chain, now owned by a US-based Orthodox charity, St Stephen the Great... |
Essex vicar seeks wife to join in valentine set-upAN ESSEX vicar got more than he bargained for when he joked to a local-newspaper reporter that his New Year resolution was to get married. |
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Electronic system for Synod votesFOR THE first time at the General Synod, when it meets in London next week, members will cast their more important votes electronically. |
‘Not woolly’A NEW GROUPING of liberal Anglicans is to be formed in Oxford tomorrow. |
Quiet periodImage of children at All Hallows’ by the Tower, in London |
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£2m is awarded, but Salisbury misses outSALISBURY CATHEDRAL has protested at being left out of the latest round of grants by English Heritage. |
‘No-go’ bishop gets death threatsTHE BISHOP of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, has been given an emergency police alarm, after receiving death threats. |
Researchers allege bias in faith schoolsA GOVERNMENT-FUNDED report that says grammar schools should be scrapped in the interests of greater equality in education also advocates the wider use... |
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Raising a smileChildren join clowns at the annual Joseph Grimaldi memorial service at Holy Trinity, Dalston |
Don’t close village schools to cut places, says MinisterTHE Schools Minister, Jim Knight, has told councils not to close small rural schools as a means of axing surplus places. |
TAP time again — our 2008 Lenten appeal opensPEOPLE say: “Can it be Lent already? |
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