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- China’s relief efforts praised
- Tax evasion costs the lives of the poor, says Christian Aid
- Two months to go and bishops are still checking in
- News in brief
- Williams’s embryo unease
- Another east London priest suffers assault in churchyard
- Cricket hots up
- In the pink
- ‘Abandon safeguards’ on women bishops
- Numb
- Muslim takeover an exaggeration, says statistician
- There are no losers in Irish peace, says Primate
- All together
- MPs probe unhappiness of value deficit
- Roosting
- Cardinal: be tentative in faith
- ‘Dump the churchy chat ups'
- Well-backed
- Foreign news in brief
- Chad accused by Sudan after attack
- Accentuate the positive, says Dr Neill
- Ceremony
- To the point
- Bakare denounces police for disrupting churches
- Kasper queries Anglican status
- Junta hampers aid-agency efforts in Burma
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%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Mr Brown praises good SamaritansTHE CHURCHES are successfully teaching the parable of the Good Samaritan to the nation, the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, suggested this week. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Emissions, not clothes, must tumble, says coalitionTHE CHURCH in the UK causes as much damage to the planet as one of the big supermarket chains. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") First-class Lichfield licks its rivalsA SET of commemorative stamps to celebrate the “power and glory” of the great cathedrals of the UK was launched this week. |
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%231%23.jpg "© not advert") China’s relief efforts praisedRELIEF organisations were assessing the situation in central China after the earthquake that hit Sichuan province on Monday. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Tax evasion costs the lives of the poor, says Christian AidTRANSNATIONAL companies, many of whom have their headquarters in Britain, are legally and illegally withholding billions in taxes, Christian Aid says... |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Two months to go and bishops are still checking inBISHOPS are still signing up to the Lambeth Conference, 61 days before its official opening on 16 July. |
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News in briefDiocesan support for school mergers; Brighton church — options should be explored; New Dean for Derby announced; Two clerics appear before magistrates... |
Williams’s embryo uneaseTHE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has voiced his concerns over the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, |
Another east London priest suffers assault in churchyardTHE Revd Kevin Scully, Rector of St Matthew’s, Bethnal Green, in east London, was beaten up last week. |
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Cricket hots upTHINGS heated up this week in the Church Times Cricket Cup competition |
In the pinkNine-year-old Sidal Duma on Wednesday with a “flowertising” billboard |
‘Abandon safeguards’ on women bishopsNEARLY HALF the womencurrently ordained in the Church of England have opposed legal safeguards for people opposed to women bishops. |
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NumbMourners linger on Sunday after a memorial mass at Our Lady of Lourdes, in Lee, south-east London |
Muslim takeover an exaggeration, says statisticianCLAIMS that the numbers of “active” Muslims in the UK would overtake that of churchgoers by the middle of the century were denounced this week as inaccurate... |
There are no losers in Irish peace, says PrimateIN his presidential address to the Irish General Synod, the Archbishop of Armagh launched a strong attack on dissident Republicans. |
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All together[COL][IMAGE][COL] illuminations based on Lighting to Unite by the Swiss artist Gerry Hofstetter, projected at the weekend as part of Washington... |
MPs probe unhappiness of value deficitA CROSS-Parliamentary group of Christian MPs launched a report this week analysing why British people are so unhappy. |
Roostingbirds on churches |
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Cardinal: be tentative in faithLIFE in Britain cannot become a God-free zone, said the Archbishop of Westminster. |
‘Dump the churchy chat ups'“IS THIS pew taken?” and “You float my ark” are just two of a top-100 list of embarrassing chat-up lines to avoid. |
Well-backedImage of US evangelist Franklin Graham in China |
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Foreign news in briefArchbishop warns polygamists in Nigeria; Plea for celibacy to be voluntary for RC priests; China told not to send Korean Christians back; Shortage of... |
Chad accused by Sudan after attackCHURCHES in Khartoum were unable to celebrate Pentecost on Sunday because of a curfew by the Sudan government. |
Accentuate the positive, says Dr NeillTHE Archbishop of Dublin, Dr John Neill, has said that the crisis in the Anglican Communion can be viewed positively as an opportunity for vocation. |
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CeremonyImages from Russia |
To the pointImage of pensioners fencing |
Bakare denounces police for disrupting churchesTHE Bishop of Harare, Dr Sebastian Bakare, has denounced the “godless” behaviour of the police in their continuous disruption of church services |
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Kasper queries Anglican statusTHE ANGLICAN Church must decide where it belongs: with the Roman Catholic and Orthodox church tradition, or with 16th-century Protestantism |
Junta hampers aid-agency efforts in BurmaONLY about ten per cent of the supplies that are needed by survivors of the Burma cyclone are reaching the most affected areas, a British aid agency said... |
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