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Lambeth Conference to go ahead with most of the bishops present SEVENTY PER CENT of bishops have said yes to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s invitation to attend this year’s Lambeth Conference. Read more	Synod will debate dentention amid heavy church legislation THE General Synod, meeting in a fortnight’s time, will challenge the Government’s plans to extend the period a police suspect can be detained without... Read more	Defeat for bishops over rule on ‘need for father’ THE House of Lords voted in favour of a clause in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill that deletes the rule on the “need for a father” for children... Read more

Wicca cleric refuses bishop’s offer A SOMERSET cleric, who is studying to be a white witch, was told by the Bishop of Bath & Wells last week that he could no longer take Church of England... Read more	Israel eases blockade on Gaza Strip ISRAEL’S decision on Tuesday to ease the blockade of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip went some way towards relieving the suffering of the 1.5 million... Read more	Dawani fails to divert GAFCON ‘pilgrims’ THE ORGANISERS of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) insist that they will be holding the event in Jerusalem. Read more

New move on parsonages ALMOST ALL VICARAGES and rectories in England will be owned by new charities established in each diocese, if the draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of... Read more	Long and faitlfhul service Sir Timothy Hoare, a member of the Church Assembly, and then of the General Synod, from 1960 to 2000, has died at the age of 73. Read more	Civil Service to get a valentine The Archbishops’ Council was still revising its report to the General Synod on proposals for the Church to take more control of the appointment of its... Read more

Safeguards on Mission Orders THE House of Bishops has been advised that, under one of the proposed Bishop’s Mission Orders, it would be legal for a woman priest to preside at the... Read more	Bishops to fight schools plan CHURCH of England bishops have pledged themselves to fight Shropshire County Council’s plan to close or amalgamate 23 C of E primaries. Read more	Helping hand A photo of the Bible in Shona, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and areas of Mozambique. Read more

Kunonga disrupts Bakare’s service in Harare Cathedral ANGLICANS in Harare have given startling eye-witness accounts of what happened in churches last Sunday, after a court order to overturn a ban on Anglican... Read more	San Joaquin purge empties council THE BISHOP of San Joaquin, the Rt Revd John-David Schofield, has declared six of the eight members of his standing committee unqualified to hold any leadership... Read more	Glacial cleansing Orthodox celebrations Read more

Drying out A baby in Chupanga camp, near Caia, in Mozambique, where 3000 have sought refuge from the recent floods. Read more	Way through Gazans cross the border into Egypt to buy supplies Read more	Pope backs Middle East Christians POPE Benedict XVI has sent a message of support to Christians in the Middle East. Read more

Charities continue efforts in Chad RELIEF agencies continue to work in Chad, where last week military officials approved a long-awaited European peacekeeping force. Read more	APA finds it has little in common THE Anglican Province of America (APA) has declined to become a full member of the Common Cause Partnership (CCP) . Read more	Archbishop’s Canada reply THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has reiterated that he cannot sanction foreign interventions in the life of the Canadian Church. Read more

New C of E post at EU THE Revd Dr Gary Wilton has been appointed to the newly created post of the Church of England’s Representative to the EU Institutions, it was announced... Read more	CARE: family tax unfair THE Christian charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) this week condemned the UK tax system for being anti-family. Read more	News in Brief Heading East; Discrimination warning as women leave Church; York celebrates in Rome; Welsh bishop’s protests over ill woman’s deportation; Charity to... Read more

Foreign News in Brief New man; Kenyan prayer meeting ends in violence; Sri Lankan bishop condemns ‘senseless’ attack; Nigerian churches condemn state graft; Anglican World Read more	Last respects to Everest hero Members of the public file past Sir Edmund Hillary’s coffin in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. Read more	Philippines priest slain by Islamic separatists ANOTHER Roman Catholic priest has been murdered in the fractious largely Muslim region of Mindanao in the Philippines. Read more

Cyprus prays to end drought CONGREGATIONS in churches across Cyprus last Sunday, for the second consecutive week, said prayers for rain. Read more	Ely ruling A TRIBUNAL has recommended to the Bishop of Ely that there cannot be a resolution to “serious pastoral breakdown” in the parish of Trumpington while the... Read more	Wharton voices Olympics cash fear TARGETING of resources towards the London 2012 Olympics could leave the north-east without essential funding for some of its most disadvantaged communities... Read more

Access enabled The Archbishops of Canterbury and York this week launched new websites. Read more	Fifteen reasons people give up MORE than half the respondents to a survey of people who have given up churchgoing in Britain still believe in God. Read more

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