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Lambeth Conference to go ahead with most of the bishops present SEVENTY PER CENT of bishops have said yes to the Archbishop of Canterbury’s invitation to attend this year’s Lambeth Conference. Subscriber only	Synod will debate dentention amid heavy church legislation THE General Synod, meeting in a fortnight’s time, will challenge the Government’s plans to extend the period a police suspect can be detained without... Subscriber only	Defeat for bishops over rule on ‘need for father’ THE House of Lords voted in favour of a clause in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill that deletes the rule on the “need for a father” for children... Subscriber only

Wicca cleric refuses bishop’s offer A SOMERSET cleric, who is studying to be a white witch, was told by the Bishop of Bath & Wells last week that he could no longer take Church of England... Subscriber only	Israel eases blockade on Gaza Strip ISRAEL’S decision on Tuesday to ease the blockade of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip went some way towards relieving the suffering of the 1.5 million... Subscriber only	Dawani fails to divert GAFCON ‘pilgrims’ THE ORGANISERS of the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) insist that they will be holding the event in Jerusalem. Subscriber only

New move on parsonages ALMOST ALL VICARAGES and rectories in England will be owned by new charities established in each diocese, if the draft Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of... Subscriber only	Long and faitlfhul service Sir Timothy Hoare, a member of the Church Assembly, and then of the General Synod, from 1960 to 2000, has died at the age of 73. Subscriber only	Civil Service to get a valentine The Archbishops’ Council was still revising its report to the General Synod on proposals for the Church to take more control of the appointment of its... Subscriber only

Safeguards on Mission Orders THE House of Bishops has been advised that, under one of the proposed Bishop’s Mission Orders, it would be legal for a woman priest to preside at the... Subscriber only	Bishops to fight schools plan CHURCH of England bishops have pledged themselves to fight Shropshire County Council’s plan to close or amalgamate 23 C of E primaries. Subscriber only	Helping hand A photo of the Bible in Shona, a Bantu language spoken in Zimbabwe and areas of Mozambique. Subscriber only

Kunonga disrupts Bakare’s service in Harare Cathedral ANGLICANS in Harare have given startling eye-witness accounts of what happened in churches last Sunday, after a court order to overturn a ban on Anglican... Subscriber only	San Joaquin purge empties council THE BISHOP of San Joaquin, the Rt Revd John-David Schofield, has declared six of the eight members of his standing committee unqualified to hold any leadership... Subscriber only	Glacial cleansing Orthodox celebrations Subscriber only

Drying out A baby in Chupanga camp, near Caia, in Mozambique, where 3000 have sought refuge from the recent floods. Subscriber only	Way through Gazans cross the border into Egypt to buy supplies Subscriber only	Pope backs Middle East Christians POPE Benedict XVI has sent a message of support to Christians in the Middle East. Subscriber only

Charities continue efforts in Chad RELIEF agencies continue to work in Chad, where last week military officials approved a long-awaited European peacekeeping force. Subscriber only	APA finds it has little in common THE Anglican Province of America (APA) has declined to become a full member of the Common Cause Partnership (CCP) . Subscriber only	Archbishop’s Canada reply THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has reiterated that he cannot sanction foreign interventions in the life of the Canadian Church. Subscriber only

New C of E post at EU THE Revd Dr Gary Wilton has been appointed to the newly created post of the Church of England’s Representative to the EU Institutions, it was announced... Subscriber only	CARE: family tax unfair THE Christian charity CARE (Christian Action Research and Education) this week condemned the UK tax system for being anti-family. Subscriber only	News in Brief Heading East; Discrimination warning as women leave Church; York celebrates in Rome; Welsh bishop’s protests over ill woman’s deportation; Charity to... Subscriber only

Foreign News in Brief New man; Kenyan prayer meeting ends in violence; Sri Lankan bishop condemns ‘senseless’ attack; Nigerian churches condemn state graft; Anglican World Subscriber only	Last respects to Everest hero Members of the public file past Sir Edmund Hillary’s coffin in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. Subscriber only	Philippines priest slain by Islamic separatists ANOTHER Roman Catholic priest has been murdered in the fractious largely Muslim region of Mindanao in the Philippines. Subscriber only

Cyprus prays to end drought CONGREGATIONS in churches across Cyprus last Sunday, for the second consecutive week, said prayers for rain. Subscriber only	Ely ruling A TRIBUNAL has recommended to the Bishop of Ely that there cannot be a resolution to “serious pastoral breakdown” in the parish of Trumpington while the... Subscriber only	Wharton voices Olympics cash fear TARGETING of resources towards the London 2012 Olympics could leave the north-east without essential funding for some of its most disadvantaged communities... Subscriber only

Access enabled The Archbishops of Canterbury and York this week launched new websites. Subscriber only	Fifteen reasons people give up MORE than half the respondents to a survey of people who have given up churchgoing in Britain still believe in God. Subscriber only

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