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GAFCON draws a mixed reception

THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has described the plan outlined by GAFCON for the future of the Anglican Communion as “problematic in all sorts of ways”...

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New fellowship to unite ‘confessing Anglicans’ is born

PARTICIPANTS in GAFCON stood and applauded for 57 seconds after the conference’s final statement.

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Jensen: ‘sleeping giant is roused’

THE GAFCON movement in the Anglican Communion is legitimate, not a breakaway or “seizing of power”, said three Primates.

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Tension mounts as women-bishop vote approaches

SUPPORTERS and opponents of women bishops in the Church of England confronted each other in the media this week.

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Hype or fact? US outpouring heads for Britain

TODD Bentley, the revivalist behind the Florida Outpouring, is to send some of his Fresh Fire Ministries team over to the UK for a London Outpouring

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G8 to address climate change

HIS first anniversary as Prime Minister, Gordon Brown received an unusual gift — a delegation of cycling clerics on a mission to tackle climate change. ...

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Don’t moan about Covenant with Anglicans, Methodists told

METHODISTS will be urged to “moan less” about the perceived limitations of the Anglican-Methodist Covenant.

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Labour is ‘hostile to faith schools’

CHURCH OF ENGLAND, Roman Catholic, and other faith schools are under attack from a political “witch hunt” , says a report.

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C of E contemplates joint school with Hindus

THE UK’s first state-maintained Hindu school, due to open in September, is associated with the Hare Krishna movement, it has emerged.

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Bishop falls victim to cancer

TRIBUTES have been paid to the Bishop of Bangor, the Rt Revd Anthony Crockett, who died on Monday after an 18-month battle with cancer.

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Cleaning up

Volunteers remove graffiti in York at the weekend.

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Calming the storm

Archbishop Elias Chacour, leader of the Melkite Catholic Church, addressed GAFCON participants under the trees by the source of the Jordan.

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Dawani calls for spirit of reconcilation

ANY split with members of the GAFCON movement would be “a very sad and tragic event”, said the Bishop in Jerusalem.

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Hammered out: a new test of faith?

AS THE GAFCON decisions sink in, the Jerusalem Declaration is emerging as the most significant step forward.

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Bishop Bennison found guilty

THE Bishop of Pennsylvania, the Rt Revd Charles Bennison, has been convicted in an ecclesiastical court of conduct unbecoming.

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Two San Joaquins at Lambeth

TWO BISHOPS claiming their right to the see of San Joaquin have accepted invitations to the Lambeth Conference.

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Priests pray and display for the sick

PRIESTS’ cars in the London Borough of Barnet can carry special parking badges from this week.

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Faith is important to children, say charities

THE IMPORTANCE of religion in children’s lives, and the part parents play in helping children of a mixed-faith or mixed-race relationship find their religious...

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News in Brief

Man of letters; Court rules on names on graves; Prayer vigil at Penarth for missing minister; New theological college launched in London

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Interfaith lessons not learnt

SEMINARIANS should get out more and find out what other faiths believe, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim leaders were told this week.

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Ready to go

Ready to go? The Archbishop of Canterbury will launch “Call Waiting” at General Synod in York this weekend.

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‘Amazing’ NHS is praised in Abbey

A SERVICE of thanksgiving to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the National Health Service took place at Westminster Abbey on Wednesday.

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Dr Sentamu calls on British people to aid Zimbabwe

THE Archbishop of York is calling for the establishment of a new civil-rights movement in Britain to bring an end to the brutalisation of the people of...

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Arroyo grilled after typhoon

The Philippines is still suffering from Typhoon Frank, which first struck 12 days ago.

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Welcome

The new Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Archbishop Fouad Twal, pictured last week on his first visit to Bethlehem since his appointment.

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