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‘Definite progress’ as Williams visit exceeds expectations THE WARMTH in relations between the Vatican and Lambeth Palace “has much to do with Rowan Williams personally”. Subscriber only	UK plan for Bethlehem boost THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury is to take part in a pilgrimage to the Holy Land in the week before Christmas. Subscriber only	Wales’s first RC-Anglican secondary THE opening of Wales’s first joint Roman Catholic-Church of England comprehensive, St Joseph’s Catholic and Anglican High School, Wrexham, was due to... Subscriber only

Oxford’s patience thins in wait for new Bishop AN ANNOUNCEMENT naming the new Bishop of Oxford is thought to be imminent, more than a year after the diocesan vacancy-in-see committee was first convened... Subscriber only	Slavery: PM’s guarded words THE Prime Minister said this week that he was sorry for Britain’s part in the slave trade. Subscriber only	SPCK shops told to banish the Qur’an SPCK bookshops have been instructed not to stock the Qur’an, a book that features on the reading lists of most religious-studies courses. Subscriber only

Universities called ‘intolerant and unlawful’ over CUs THE DISPUTE between Christian Unions at some universities and their official student bodies escalated this week with the Christian Union (CU) at Exeter... Subscriber only	Britain is secular, say Humanists ABOUT 17 million adults in Great Britain are humanists, although they may not know it, the British Humanist Association (BHA) concludes from the results... Subscriber only	BA rethinks cross stand THE CHAIRMAN of the Church of England’s Ethical Investment Advisory Group, said this week that selling the Church’s stake in British Airways was not... Subscriber only

Church and business share a dinner table AT A business-ethics forum last week, a Cambridge science professor recalled a piece of advice : “Never invite to your dinner table someone who could... Subscriber only	Prime spot An impression of an advertising billboard planned for St Martin-in-the-Fields in Trafalgar Square. Subscriber only	Method acting [COL][IMAGE][COL] Method acting: The Nativity Story, released today and premièred last Sunday at the Vatican, stars a 16-year-old girl as the Virgin... Subscriber only

Revered profile the Revd Toddy Hoare with his sculptures of Eve Fairfax, aged 101, made in 1973. Subscriber only	Veil-case assistant is sacked The Muslim teaching assistant suspended for insisting on wearing a full-face veil when male teachers were present, has been dismissed by a disciplinary... Subscriber only	Arrest made after death of priest A COOK has been arrested in Lake Malawi after post-mortem results on the late Canon Rodney Hunter suggested there might be a matter to investigate. Subscriber only

News in Brief Mixed currency; Dr Williams apologises to women priests; Man mugged in Bristol Cathedral; Bishop backs football fan’s prison move; New Peterborough Dean... Subscriber only

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