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Embryology vote leaves lobbyists out in the cold

CAMPAIGNERS have expressed their disappointment after the Government survived four attempts to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

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Commission finds asylum a muddle

THE British want their country to be a place of sanctuary for people fleeing persecution and torture.

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Caféchurch gets fresh boost

TWO high-street coffee-shop chains have given churches in the Caféchurch Network the go-ahead to use their shop premises for regular meetings.

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Burmese clerics tell of relief struggle in cyclone aftermath

THE Archbishop of Burma and a Burmese priest who is visiting the UK have described the devastation wrought by Cyclone Nargis in their country.

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Makgoba condemns violence

THE Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, has condemned the violence directed at immigrants in South Africa, many of whom have fled from...

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Kidnappers happy with Carey video

THE KIDNAPPERS of five British hostages, captured in Baghdad nearly a year ago, were reported as happy this week with a video broadcast.

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Put your hands together

The Dalai Lama arrives at Heathrow on Tuesday for an 11-day visit to Britain.

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Anyone’s game

Church of England children were among participants at a “community cohesion” football day

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CT writer lauded by Lambeth

MARGARET DUGGAN has been awarded a Lambeth MA for her work on the Church Times. Lambeth Palace announced the award this week.

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Liverpool’s green dribble

THE DIOCESE of Liverpool is turning to technology from Japan in an attempt to go greener.

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Robinson ‘around Lambeth’s edges’

THE Bishop of New Hampshire, the Rt Revd Gene Robinson, will be “at least as present [at the Lambeth Conference] as if he had been given an invitation”...

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Central Africans declare Kunonga excommunicate

THE deposed Bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, has been excommunicated from the Anglican Church.

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66 per cent like church

A SURVEY commissioned by the Ecclesiastical Insurance Group (EIG) suggests that the British public still cares deeply about churches, despite church attendance...

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Men of the people

The Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Paul Clark, unveils a memorial to Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock.

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Don’t drain us, say Churches

CHURCHES in Britain are being urged not to pay new-style water charges, after four water companies imposed business-rate charging for rainwater run-off...

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News in Brief

Still shackled; riding high; offensive; Christian registrar faces tribunal; UK black-church pioneer dies; Bishop Robinson to speak at film launch; Christian...

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California ruling against gay marriage overturned

CALIFORNIA has granted same-sex couples the constitutional right to marry

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Foreign news in brief

Chaldean Archbishop opposes death sentence; Water meters a threat to human rights; Don’t exaggerate convert numbers, says group; Humanists set up Sunday...

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‘Caring’ teen dies after fall

THE Revd Simon Boxall, Team Vicar at the Open Gateway Community Church, Thamesmead, and his family have paid tribute to his 19-year-old daughter Rosimeiri...

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Award for Iraq documentary

THE Premier Award from the Sandford St Martin Trust, which organises the “Oscars” of religious broadcasting, has gone to The Boys from Baghdad High

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“Shared moral sense”

The Prime Minister told the Kirk’s General Assembly last week that there is “a consistent ethical core” in all great religions

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Artist plans a St Paul’s epic

ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL will have text projected on to it in November in artwork designed to tease out responses to the meaning of life.

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Minister rejects RE proposal

THE cross-party Parliamentary committee on human rights has proposed giving some secondary-school children the right to withdraw from RE and collective...

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Shake-up in clergy training

THE Church of England stands to save £1.5 million, and possibly millions of pounds more.

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New guidelines aim to end the bullying of disabled children

NEW government guidelines aim to help teachers eliminate the bullying of disabled children.

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Camerons’ child meets school criteria

THE chairman of governors of St Mary Abbots C of E Primary School, Kensington, in London said that the the four-year-old daughter of the Opposition leader...

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It’s close

LICHFIELD continued to progress in the Church Times Cricket Cup this week, as they defeated Worcester by a whisker on Monday.

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Thousands of Chinese volunteers flock to help at scene of earthquake

RELIEF teams working in China after the earthquake have been joined by thousands of Chinese volunteers.

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Church can nurture seeds of peace, says McAleese

THE Church of Ireland is in a pivotal position to share leadership in the new, inclusive Ireland the President, Mary McAleese, told the General Synod...

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