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See yourself as others see you, says Dr Williams CHURCH LEADERS in Britain over Holy Week and Easter spoke of Christ’s resurrection in relation to troubled areas of the globe. Subscriber only	See yourself as others see you, says Dr Williams CHURCH LEADERS in Britain over Holy Week and Easter spoke of Christ’s resurrection in relation to troubled areas of the globe. Subscriber only	Dean stands by Radio 4 talk on cross THE Dean of St Albans, the Very Revd Dr Jeffrey John, received “a deluge of hate-filled messages” after public condemnation in advance of his Lent talk... Subscriber only

Commissioners castigate two bishops over job assurances PROCEDURAL irregularities by the Bishop of Winchester, the Rt Revd Michael Scott-Joynt and the then Bishop of Basingstoke, Dr Geoffrey Rowell, caused... Subscriber only	Bishop: No extra-marital sex for leaders HAVING SEX outside marriage should disbar anyone from a position of “spiritual, moral, and ethical leadership”, the Bishop of Hereford told an employment... Subscriber only	Costs mount in year’s delay for Church HQ computers A mammoth computer system, which had been designed to save money, increase efficiency, and pull together all the finances of the National Church Institutions... Subscriber only

‘Silver lining’ in Uganda scam THE college manager of Buwere Divinity College, Uganda, has been charged with impersonation, after clerics in England received begging letters on behalf... Subscriber only	Easter in pictures Easter rising and Manchester Maundy Subscriber only	Guantanamo sends back Australian THE “Justice for David Hicks” banner that had hung throughout Lent from a tower of St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, was removed on Maundy Thursday Subscriber only

Boat-people supporter goes hungry A HAITIAN living in Miami has gone on hunger strike in support of the 101 boat people who arrived in Southeast Florida diocese two weeks ago Subscriber only	Avoid third province —Affirming Catholics AFFIRMING Catholicism, an Anglican campaigning group, has concluded that it would be impossible to contain within one Church those who held that women... Subscriber only	Easter hope Parishioners and clerics outside the Anglican church in Gizo, in the Solomon Islands, on Easter Day. Subscriber only

Football ground The Ven. John Oliver (right) with local dignitaries at a site at the foot of Table Mountain, in Greenpoint, South Africa Subscriber only	Sombre Church of Ireland Theological College students protest Subscriber only	Gomez: we, not ACC, knew flock THE Primates’ Meeting had proved better adapted than the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) to the changed Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of the... Subscriber only

Spiritual return A 1524 edition of Erasmus’s De Ratione Studii is on view until November Subscriber only	Crop of ideas on early spring SPRING is arriving earlier around the world, as evidence mounts that climate change is gathering pace, says a new report from the Intergovernmental Panel... Subscriber only	Outdoor pool The Archbishop of York took part in the baptism of 21 candidates from five denominations in York on Easter Day Subscriber only

‘Logical’ for women to be bishops ORDAINING women as bishops is the “only logical step” for the Church in Wales to take, the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, said on Wednesday. Subscriber only	Doorstepped Dr Williams sent an Easter greeting to the Revd Reg Platt in Sydney, Australia, when asked to by his daughter, Jenny Platt, outside Canterbury Cathedral... Subscriber only	Not to be crossed The actress Tracy-Ann Overman told The Jewish Chronicle last week that she had refused the show- producers’ request that she wear a crucifix for... Subscriber only

News in brief ‘Trade, not Trident’ says Cardinal; Joan of Arc was a mummy, says scientist Subscriber only

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