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- Thieves call 14 times in ten months
- Barefoot rector discovers new spiritual meaning in life
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- Queen will still make C of E appointments
- Baiting the banker
- WCC cautiously welcomes Muslim scholars’ approach
- President Arroyo faces protests
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- Norfolk churches to defy sea erosion
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- ‘Shabby’ visa refusal for evangelist
- Amnesty criticises China over pre-Olympic arrests
- Up in the air
- New village to surround old church
- Wealth gap widening, Lords hear
- Heathrow chapel’s arrival is delayed
- EU urged to make social policy greener
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- Parish uses Mosquito to deter young loiterers
- UK: a mosque moratorium?
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%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Opposition claims victory amid election chaosINTERNATIONAL development charities this week criticised the slow release of election results in Zimbabwe. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Evangelicals assert their right to evangelise JewsTHE World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has reaffirmed its long-held belief that offering friendship and love to Jewish people is not enough. |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") San Joaquin cheers its new BishopTHE Rt Revd Jerry Lamb (pictured above) has been confirmed as the Episcopalian Provisional Bishop of San Joaquin |
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 Welsh turn down women bishopsTHE PROSPECT of women bishops in the Church in Wales received an indefinite setback last Wednesday, when the House of Clergy in the Governing Body failed... |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Thieves call 14 times in ten monthsTHE Priest-in-Charge of a church in Derbyshire has described the repeated theft of lead from the roof as “a nightmare” . |
%231%23.jpg "© not advert") Barefoot rector discovers new spiritual meaning in lifeA SHROPSHIRE priest, the Revd Stephen Lowe, is following in the footsteps of St Francis of Assisi by eschewing shoes. |
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Happy occasionImage of the newly installed Archbishop of Cape Town |
Queen will still make C of E appointmentsTHE QUEEN will continue to make senior appointments in the Church of England, the Government said this week in a statement in the House of Lords. |
Baiting the bankerThe Revd David Schofield, a retired priest from Bolton, is pressed for a decision ona Channel 4 gameshow |
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WCC cautiously welcomes Muslim scholars’ approachTHE World Council of Churches called on its member Churches this week to make a serious response to last year’s worldwide Muslim appeal to discuss a fresh... |
President Arroyo faces protestsOver Holy Week and Easter Week, the President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, bore the brunt of popular anger and church-led protests at... |
News in briefTributes paid to Bertie Ahern; Potter-mania hits US universities; Bishop’s Covenant surprise |
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Paisley finds new crusade on the busesTHE REVD IAN PAISLEY has found a new crusade in retirement. |
Norfolk churches to defy sea erosionSIX ANCIENT Norfolk villages and their medieval churches were warned this week that plans to abandon coastal defences would leave them vulnerable to tidal... |
News in BriefNumber of weddings falls; Carlisle SPCK bookshop closes; Christian website celebrates ten years |
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‘Shabby’ visa refusal for evangelistTHE WORK of a “highly respected” Christian organisation is being jeopardised by the British Government’s refusal to allow its leader to enter the country... |
Amnesty criticises China over pre-Olympic arrestsA REPORT released this week by Amnesty International highlights the worsening human-rights situation in China. |
Up in the airTate Britain is appealing for £6 million by 31 July to keep a Rubens sketch from being sold overseas |
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New village to surround old churchA redundant church mentioned in the Domesday Book is set to become the focal point for a new community, almost 30 years after it closed as a place of... |
Wealth gap widening, Lords hearIN A House of Lords debate that he called last week, Lord Harries, the former Bishop of Oxford, spoke of “stark inequalities” in the UK. |
Heathrow chapel’s arrival is delayedTERMINAL FIVE, Heathrow, which has opened at a cost of £4.3 billion, amid scenes of chaos, still had no functioning chapel |
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EU urged to make social policy greenerTHE European Union’s efforts to bring Europeans closer together through its road-building social-cohesion fund conflict with its climate-change aims. |
York artDaniel Paulo’s Annunciation and Lord Habgood's York Minster |
TAPIT IS NOT too late to give to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund. |
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Parish uses Mosquito to deter young loiterersST MARK’S, in Marske-by-the-Sea, Teesside, is thought to be one of the first parishes in the country to use a Mosquito ultrasonic device. |
UK: a mosque moratorium?A MEMBER of the General Synod has called for a ban on mosques being built in the UK. |
FlickerAnne Carter, 12, sings by candlelight |
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