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Atonement row gets personal as Evangelical partnership splits THE BISHOP of Willesden has described a statement by the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship as either “misunderstanding or total fabrication”... Subscriber only	Atonement row gets personal as Evangelical partnership splits THE BISHOP of Willesden has described a statement by the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship as either “misunderstanding or total fabrication”... Subscriber only	Primates seen as dictatorial THE Revd Professor Marilyn McCord Adams, Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford University, has severely criticised the Windsor report Subscriber only

Churches ask for Games cash CATHEDRALS and historic churches — which already generate about £300 million a year for the economy — could generate millions more if they received government... Subscriber only	Imam and rabbi join prayers for release of kidnapped journalist THE SOUND of an imam singing the opening verses of the Qur’an inside St Martin-in-the-Fields was heard on Monday. Subscriber only	Iraq’s refugee children plea MORE THAN half a million Iraqi children have been forced to flee their homes because of violence since the conflict began three years ago. Subscriber only

Anglican statement not meant to be pro-Mugabe, says bishop ANGLICAN bishops in Central Africa have for the first time ever put out a combined statement on the crisis in Zimbabwe. Subscriber only	New in brief [COL][IMAGE][COL] New Moderator inducted COMMISSIONER ELIZABETH MATEAR, Territorial President of Women’s Ministries... Subscriber only	Christians and Muslims look at creating joint schools THE FIRST state-funded interfaith schools in Britain could open within three years. Subscriber only

Lambeth Palace library on web DETAILS of many of the 4000 manuscripts in Lambeth Palace Library, some dating back to the ninth century, are being made available on the internet. Subscriber only	Ablaze Firefighters worked to extinguish a fire in Hope Chapel on the Childwall campus at Liverpool Hope University last week. Subscriber only	BBC axes Heaven & Earth for new shows BISHOPS and communications professionals expressed concern this week over the BBC’s handling of both religious programmes and religious input in its daily... Subscriber only

Politicians must recover morality, says Williams POLITICIANS must rediscover the moral energy and vision that inspired William Wilberforce, the Archbishop of Canterbury told an audience. Subscriber only	Bishops offer students comfort MEMORIAL services, funerals, vigils, and acts of remembrance continue to be held throughout the United States, after the massacre at Virginia Tech on... Subscriber only	Remembering Four women passed the body of the former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, lying in state in Christ the Saviour Cathedral on Tuesday. Subscriber only

Metal attracts thieves ANTI-CLIMB PAINT on the outside of churches may deter the growing number of thieves who are making off with valuable metalwork torn off the outsides of... Subscriber only	Christians urged to follow green pages MEDITATION is an excellent way to save energy and help stop global warming, says a new church guide, published this week. Subscriber only	Foreign news in brief Smell like sheep; More Nigerian bishops consecrated; Eritrian Patriarch appointed; Long-serving Namibian bishop dies; Church can help Burundi, vice-president... Subscriber only

Turkish Christians shocked at murders THE MURDER last week of three Christians working in a Bible-publishing house in Turkey has shocked the country’s minority Christian community. Subscriber only	US bishop re-election THE diocese of South Carolina last week began another attempt to confirm the election of the Very Revd Mark Lawrence as its next bishop. Subscriber only	Yad Vashem hosts Shoah seminar A GROUP of 22 Anglican, Roman Catholic, and Free Church priests and ministers attended a clergy seminar last week at Yad Vashem. Subscriber only

Dr Butler may face rebuke Lambeth Palace confirmed this week that it has received a complaint about the behaviour of the Bishop of Southwark, Dr Tom Butler. Subscriber only	Kirk plans to debate gay sexuality THE Church of Scotland is to debate next month a report on sexuality, which refers to the Kirk’s “historic intolerance” towards gay people. Subscriber only	Children attacked in Darfur ARMED groups are torturing, shooting, and mutilating children in Darfur, Sudan, a new report reveals. Subscriber only