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Archbishop of Kenya consecrates bishops to work in US

TWO AMERICANS were consecrated bishop in Kenya yesterday, to serve congregations that have split from the Episcopal Church in the United States.

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Footballers and community support Rhys Jones’s family

St Cuthbert’s, Croxteth Park, Liverpool, became for a while the centre of police operations when the Merseyside police conducted interviews there after...

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Warm memory of Greenbelt

IT WAS DRY. It was warm. It was sunny.

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Girls’ Night In launches Caris magazine amid screams, cheers, and prayers

A SATURDAY-night line-up that included music from a girl band, fashion photography, and free chocolate proved an irresistible draw for the launch of Caris...

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New report: deacons should be seen as more distinctive

DEACONS, even those impatient to be priests, may be required by their bishop to spend longer than one year in the diaconate.

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Bishop edits good-news extra

A BISHOP was invited to guest-edit a local newspaper, after journalists told him that they found bad-news stories depressing.

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Mother Teresa’s papers confess 50-year ‘agony’

MOTHER TERESA had a crisis of faith throughout her 50 years of working among the poorest of the poor in Calcutta.

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Mobile masts in the clear

THE detrimental effects of the possible use of mobile phones to access pornography on the internet had to be balanced against the benefits of improved...

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No escape for churches

Fires have devastated large areas of Greece over recent days.

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A plan for children

THIS SUNDAY, before the new term starts, pastors should hold a parent, teacher, and pupil meeting, the Revd Jesse Jackson said in London this week.

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In the soup

The prophet Jonah adrift on the waves

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News in Brief

Cardinal leaves Amnesty International; Scorsese to film Westminster at Lincoln; corrections; in the sun

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Church of England secondaries triumph in A levels and GCSEs

CHURCH of England secondary schools were again among the highest scorers in league tables compiled from this summer’s A-level and GCSE results.

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More study RE and score well

A total of 171,123 students took GCSE examinations in religious studies this summer, a rise of 10,000 on last year.

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Papal shadow over Romanian assembly

THE Bishop of London, the Rt Revd Richard Chartres, is heading a C of E delegation to the Third European Ecumenical Assembly, in Sibiu, Romania, from...

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Few have high hopes of Cyprus talks

THE Cypriot President and the Turkish Cypriot leaderwill meet next Wednesday to discuss how the island’s two communities might take steps towards reunification...

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Relief

Relatives of the Taliban’s South Korean hostages learn on Tuesday of a deal.

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Turks watchful as Gul elected

TURKEY’S political landscape was reshaped by the election on Tuesday of the Foreign Minister, Abdullah Gul, as President.

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Foreign news in Brief

US lesbian stands for bishop; Vatican to fly its own pilgrims; Church seeks Ncube details; Puzzlement over ban on paper

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