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  • Parish buys the village post office
  • Lambeth walk planned for the poor
  • The game: to win Euro 2008 for Christ
  • Peacock to take his eye off the ball
  • A good innings here and there despite the rain
  • ‘Could do better’ says Amnesty on human rights
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  • Dalai Lama praises religions, differences, and meditation
  • Algerians sentenced
  • Lebanese fill top job
  • Dig this
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  • Interim bishop for Manicaland after Jakazi excommunicated
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  • All quiet in Saltley, says Vicar
  • Lambeth summit on Islam
  • Muslim survey
  • Devon clerics condemn bombs
  • Comic backdrop
  • Jewish students ‘burn NT’
  • Surge
  • Measure offers six new ways to get married in church
  • First, find a machete (or open a tin) . . .
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  • Woodbridge feels the energy with Jim Wallis
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Churches seek to prevent more stabbings ARSEMA DAWIT, aged 15, a choirgirl at St Michael’s Eritrean Orthodox Church in Camberwell, London, was found knifed to death in a lift. Read more		Bishops question the clergy’s ability to cope DESPITE concerns about the cost, Church of England bishops do not want to put a cap on the number of people being accepted for training. Read more		Synodsman scents conspiracy against ‘multifaith’ motion A MEMBER of the General Synod who tabled a private member’s motion on the evangelisation of Muslims has protested against its “postponement”. Read more
Chester among doubters as Stafford draws Fritzl moral THE Bishops of Stafford and Chester have expressed contrasting views on climate change. Read more		Pay the poor to help them buy food, says UN CASH rather than donations of food emerged this week as one of key responses to the global food crisis. Read more		Church leaders ask UN to help Anglicans in Zimbabwe THE ARCHBISHOPS of Canterbury and Cape Town appealed directly last week to the UN Secretary General for intervention over the campaign against the Anglican... Read more
Parish buys the village post office A PARISH in Suffolk is believed to be the first ever to buy its post office, thanks to a substantial bequest from a former resident. Read more		Lambeth walk planned for the poor THE Archbishop of Canterbury has announced a walk of massed bishops and leaders of various faiths through central London next month Read more		The game: to win Euro 2008 for Christ NO HOME NATION has qualified for the UEFA European Football Championship, Euro 2008, which kicks off in Austria and Switzerland tomorrow Read more
Peacock to take his eye off the ball THE BBC is to lose its football pundit Gavin Peacock, after Euro 2008, to a theological college in Canada Read more		A good innings here and there despite the rain ALTHOUGH we are now into June, “Rain stopped play” was a familiar refrain around the country as inclement weather hampered the progress of several group... Read more		‘Could do better’ says Amnesty on human rights THE ACHIEVEMENTS and failures of 60 years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are documented in a comprehensive report by Amnesty International... Read more
Bird’s-eye view Christine Measures, who has spent the past two months painting up near the roof of Southwell Minster. Read more		Dalai Lama praises religions, differences, and meditation THERE IS much that Buddhists can learn from “serious Christian practitioners”, says the Dalai Lama. Read more		Algerians sentenced FOUR CHRISTIANS in Algeria have been fined and given suspended prison sentences by a court in the south-western town of Tiaret for “illegally practising... Read more
Lebanese fill top job THE ELECTION of a new Lebanese President, after the office remained vacant for six months, has been widely welcomed. Read more		Dig this Excavations at the archaeological site of St Peter’s Cathedral, Geneva Read more		News in brief Winning voice; Fairtrade churches ‘number 4000’; Next Bishop of Huntingdon announced; Business as usual at Spring Harvest; Monks join the hit parade... Read more
Rugged cross A crucifix is half buried in the rubble at a collapsed church in Mianzhu. Read more		Interim bishop for Manicaland after Jakazi excommunicated THE BISHOP of Manicaland, the Rt Revd Elson Jakazi, has been excommunicated. Read more		Palace icons Five new icons have been dedicated by the Bishop of Bath & Wells. Read more
Worldwide pulpits PREACHING will soon be tested online, a new book suggests. Read more		Grand designs Al Oswald, senior archaeological investigator for English Heritage, takes readings at Byland Abbey. Read more		All quiet in Saltley, says Vicar THE Vicar of Saltley in Birmingham, the Revd Allan Townsend, speaks of excellent interfaith relations in the parish. Read more
Lambeth summit on Islam THE Archbishop of Canterbury convened an ecumenical gathering of church representatives this week to examine ways of strengthening Christian-Muslim engagement... Read more		Muslim survey THREE PER CENT of British Muslim women who replied to a survey said that Islam was part of their cultural identity. Read more		Devon clerics condemn bombs DEVON CLERICS have condemned the Exeter bombing last month. Read more
Comic backdrop photo of the Italian procession in Clerkenwell Read more		Jewish students ‘burn NT’ Israeli police say they are studying photos and film footage that appear to show Orthodox Jewish students in the town of Or Yehuda burning copies of... Read more		Surge On Tuesday Barack Obama secured enough delegates to become the Democrat nominee to run for US President in the autumn. Read more
Measure offers six new ways to get married in church COUPLES planning to marry after 1 October 2008 will have the freedom to marry in a church where they have a family or other connection. Read more		First, find a machete (or open a tin) . . . THE AUTHORS of a best-selling charity cookbook have published an online guide to organising frugal lunches to raise money for disaster. Read more		Young love Young people clear rubbish in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Read more
Woodbridge feels the energy with Jim Wallis THE poor fortunes of Gordon Brown and the sorry state of US politics were lamented by the Revd Jim Wallis. Read more