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- Report urges religious leaders to affirm their opposition to forced marriages
- VA schools find government survey ‘unhelpful’
- Archbishop investigates
- Lambeth ban on Robinson upheld
- Yeshiva attack is widely condemned
- Dr Jim Packer faces inhibition
- United in song
- Christians challenged to live for one week on food parcel
- Seasonal message
- Chopped
- ‘Best company’ prize for charity
- C of E website offers help to those in debt
- Bishops must meet critics face to face, say theologians
- Food for thought
- Sentamu’s phone rap
- Faiths give £2 billion to UK economy
- First lady: the Revd Roberta Rominger
- Rome defines new deadly sins to tackle contemporary ills
- Island visit
- Nigeria issues denial
- Target was Zionist holy of holies
- AS HOLY WEEK approaches ....
- News In Brief
- Harper in joint defence of church voice in NI schools
- Saddened
- A tangled web in the pulpit
- Templeton Prize goes to Polish priest
- Templeton story - missing pic
- Another mystery
- The magic of Narnia to return
- Question of the week
- Comment
- Letters
- Real Life
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- Faith
- Humour and crossword
- Pastimes
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 Report urges religious leaders to affirm their opposition to forced marriagesCOMMUNITY leaders, priests, and imams must get the message across to their communities that forced marriage is unacceptable. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") VA schools find government survey ‘unhelpful’A SURVEY by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) of schools’ admissions codes in three local authorities has been criticised by as... |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Archbishop investigatesTHE Bishop of St Davids, the Rt Revd Carl Cooper, has agreed to take leave of absence after consultation with the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan... |
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%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Lambeth ban on Robinson upheldTHE Bishop of New Hampshire, in the United States, the Rt Revd Gene Robinson, has said that he is “dismayed and sick-hearted” after learning on Monday... |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Yeshiva attack is widely condemnedCHURCH OF ENGLAND and Roman Catholic bishops have joined in denouncing the continuing violence in the Holy Land. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Dr Jim Packer faces inhibitionTHE Evangelical theologian the Revd Dr Jim Packer has been issued with a formal notice removing his right to officiate in the Anglican Church of Canada... |
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United in songThe African Children’s Choir, made up of children from the Ankola tribe in Uganda, at this year’s Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on Monday... |
Christians challenged to live for one week on food parcelCHRISTIANS taking up a national Church Action on Poverty (CAP) challenge have been living as refused asylum-seekers for a week in Lent. |
Seasonal messageThe Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd John Pritchard, gave away hot cross buns at Appleton C of E Primary School yesterday. |
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ChoppedThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld 23 complaints against the Jemella agency, for its TV campaign for ghd IV hairstyling equipment. |
‘Best company’ prize for charityA CHRISTIAN debt-counselling charity has been named the “best small company to work for” in the UK. |
C of E website offers help to those in debtTHE official website of the Church of England this week launched an online resource to help those struggling with debt. |
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Bishops must meet critics face to face, say theologiansBISHOPS have a duty to go on praying and talking together, face to face, with those with whom they disagree. |
Food for thoughtTake this and share it, a short film and part of a reflective journey to be posted online by SGM Lifewords |
Sentamu’s phone rapCALLERS to Bishopthorpe Palace in York may get a surprise if they are placed on hold: they will be greeted by the Archbishop of York. |
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Faiths give £2 billion to UK economyFAITH communities contribute more than £2 billion to the UK economy, and play a crucial part in contemporary society. |
First lady: the Revd Roberta RomingerThe Revd Roberta Rominger is to be the next general secretary of the United Reformed Church |
Rome defines new deadly sins to tackle contemporary illsA list of seven new deadly sins issued this week by the Vatican has been described as a “useful reminder” for Anglicans. |
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Island visitImage of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall |
Nigeria issues denialTHE Church of Nigeria has rebutted criticism that its Primate, the Most Revd Peter Akinola, condoned inter-ethnic violence in 2004 that involved the... |
Target was Zionist holy of holiesTHE SHOOTINGs on Thursday of last week have left Israelis worried about further attacks. |
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AS HOLY WEEK approaches ....please consider making a donation to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund Lenten appeal, if you have not done so already. |
News In BriefBishop of Oxford sees ‘dark underbelly’; Vicar loses appeal against removal from his post; Friend of homeless’ retires after BBC film; New Bishops of... |
Harper in joint defence of church voice in NI schoolsTHE Primate of All Ireland, the Most Revd Alan Harper, has led protests this week by the Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian Churches in Northern Ireland... |
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SaddenedA minute’s silence was held at Manchester Cathedral on Tuesday. |
A tangled web in the pulpitROMAN CATHOLIC priests in Poland are risking legal action by plagiarising their sermons from the internet. |
Templeton Prize goes to Polish priestA POLISH cosmologist and Roman Catholic priest, the Revd Dr Michal Heller has won the 2008 Templeton Prize for his work on the origin and concept of the... |
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Another mysteryA church that featured in Dan Brown’s best-selling book The Da Vinci Code, and in the subsequent film, has camouflaged its new speaker system in... |
The magic of Narnia to returnTHE big-screen adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s Prince Caspian will arrive in British cinemas in June, it was announced last week. |
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