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Primate will commend women priests to the Pope THE Archbishop of Canterbury travels to Rome this weekend for a week, as he attempts to reawaken theological discussions between Anglicans and Roman Catholics... Subscriber only	Less a Roman holiday, more an Italian job Dr Williams visits the Pope next week. He talked to Paul Handley about relations between their two Churches Subscriber only	Climate Change Bill lacks teeth, say aid agencies THE GOVERNMENT committed itself to a Climate Change Bill in the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday. Subscriber only

Hope in prison despite chaos A PRISONER in his 50s is being baptised in Norwich Prison on Sunday, the start of national Prisons Week. Subscriber only	Protests at move for radio evensong PLANS to move BBC Radio 3’s Choral Evensong, to 4 p.m. on Sundays arouse suspicion that the BBC aims at confining its religious programmes to... Subscriber only	Bishops: It can be right to let babies die THE Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiffand the Bishop of Southwark have jointly welcomed the Nuffield Council’s recommendation on saving newborn babies... Subscriber only

Lambeth orders AIDS gifts THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has bought 50 AIDS crosses to give to church leaders when they visit Lambeth Palace, and for his hosts when he visits abroad... Subscriber only	Wardens tackle dangerous rubbish A CHURCH in Northampton has had to resort to having its own sharps box for the safe disposal of discarded needles used by drug addicts in the churchyard... Subscriber only	Synod asks questions on the net THE CHURCH of England has held its first internet question time. Subscriber only

Shock and anger after Gaza attack THE inhabitants of the Gaza Strip remain in shock after the Israeli assault on Beit Hanoun last week, in which 18 Palestinian civilians were killed. Subscriber only	Sentamu defends, well, everything, really THE ARCHBISHOP of York, Dr Sentamu, this week challenged the Church to be bold in its defence of Christian values. Subscriber only	UN declares clean water EVERYONE in the world should have to a minimum of 20 litres of drinking-water a day as a human right, a UN report recommends. Subscriber only

Think tank battles secularists A NEW think tank, supported by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the RC Archbishop of Westminster, has argued that faith is back in the “public... Subscriber only	News in brief Hidden treasure; Selby priest takes over at Ripon; Methodists call for bomb ban; Women sweep radio awards; Prison chaplain took cocaine; Winner; Correction... Subscriber only	Newcastle exhibition Enrique Azocar's Warm Embrace Subscriber only

Madonna baby: fund speaks out TRUSTEES of the Malawi Orphan Fund have challenged the way the singer represented the orphanage on the BBC’s Newsnight last week. Subscriber only	Icing and the cake Two skaters, Delphine Boury and Nicholas Simoes, assisted the Assistant Curate at St after their wedding was blessed on ice. Subscriber only	Group ‘steams ahead’ to set Lambeth agenda PLANS for the Lambeth Conference 2008 were going “full steam ahead” after an international meeting last week to begin to set the agenda Subscriber only

East London faith groups’ big ideas are still in the clouds QUESTIONS still hover over the prospect of a church and a mosque that, if built in east London, could be the largest in Britain. Subscriber only	Axe ‘poll tax’ on worshippers says church-growth guide A NEW GUIDE to church growth questions the paying of the diocesan quota, calling it a “poll tax” on worshippers. Subscriber only	Christian freed after years in prison A PAKISTANI Christian, Ranjha Masih, was acquitted of blasphemy and released from jail in Faisalabad last week. Subscriber only

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