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Lambeth absentees press on as letters wait to be sent out

A MONTH after the Lambeth Conference, the 230 or so absent Anglican bishops have not yet been contacted in order to “build bridges” with them.

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Faith groups slam ‘ignorance’ of new schools campaign

LEADERS from Britain’s main Churches and other faiths this week rejected allegations that faith schools unfairly discrim­inate.

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Wine-bar plan mooted for cathedral that may be underselling itself

BIRMINGHAM CATHEDRAL may have an own-label wine, sold at its own wine bars in the city.

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Clergy can get shirty over trade

A CLERGYMAN in the Midlands thinks he has sewn up the issue of fairly traded clerical clothing.

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Outcry grows after atrocities against Christians in Orissa

PROTESTS have mounted in Orissa against the wave of attacks by Hindu extremists against Christians, and the destruction of churches, homes, and businesses...

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Louisiana activates disaster plan for Gustav

THE DIOCESE OF Louisiana's Office of Disaster Response (ODR) has been praised for its emergency readiness plan following Hurricane Gustav

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Prinknash monks hope to find cash in the abbey

A BENEDICTINE ABBOT who no longer expects pilgrims to kiss his pontifical ring when they visit him on high days and holidays has sent Prinknash Abbey’s...

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Report on hospital chaplains

HOSPITAL chaplains have wel­comed the launch by the Shadow Health Minister, Mike Penning, of an all-party consultation on the place of chaplaincy and...

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Honeymoon over for sharia pre-nup

A MUSLIM pre-nuptial agreement has been published, in which couples agree a contract that is based on good will and upholds British social norms

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Working on it

Young asylum seekers work on a film project in Kent

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Verger falls to his death

A VERGER fell to his death from the tower of St Mary’s, Mildenhall, on Saturday, after ascending to wind the clock.

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Gaza-blockade activist feared for life in Israeli police cells

THE SOLE ISRAELI on the two boats carrying international activists who

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Butting in

Sheep in the city

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Ad asks for aid with new term

THE Church of England Com­mun­i­­­cations Office this week used a newspaper advertisement to help fight the back-to-work blues after the sum­mer break...

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Revealed

Fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls are placed under a camera in a demonstration at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on Tuesday

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Crystal-clear

A laser scan of St Botolph’s at Ruxley, Bromley, in Kent.

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News in brief

Africans seek climate compensation; Dean elevated; Art gallery fights indecency charge; Bishop of Carlisle announces retirement; New suffragan; Prison...

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Millions stranded as floods hit Bihar

RELIEF operations in the state of Bihar in northern India, which has been severely flooded, are being hampered by incessant rain and rising water levels...

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Lining up

Demonstrators form human chains around Holy Trinity Cathedral, Tbilisi, on Monday.

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Fatwa against Iraqi violence

A GROUP of senior Iraqi Muslim clerics, two Sunni and two Shia, have issued a fatwa denouncing the violence and religious sectarianism in their country...

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On song

The choir of Ysgol Gynradd Gymraeg Llwyncelyn, a Welsh primary school, who are to sing at Canterbury Cathedral on 13 September

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Waste of energy a ‘sin’

THE Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has said that “unchecked consumption of energy” is “tantamount to sin”.

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Time-shift Bible ‘problematic’

A NEW BIBLE that chops up the Old and New Testaments to fit a chrono­logical sequence is to be published next month.

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