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Parish guidelines aim to end bullying PARISHES and dioceses are to receive guidance from the Archbishops’ Council on how to prevent bullying and harassment within a church context. Subscriber only	Ambrose caused parish breakdown, says tribunal THE BISHOP of Ely, Dr Anthony Russell, has accepted the findings and recommendations of an ecclesiastical tribunal that serious pastoral breakdown occurred... Subscriber only	Psychologist urges: sing for your health CHORAL singing is good for health, a Swedish psychologist has reported, after conducting research into the long tradition of choral music in Sweden. Subscriber only

Covenant will protect male power, says critic A MEMBER of the Lambeth Commission that first proposed an Anglican Covenant has changed her mind. Subscriber only	Bishop slams ‘pathetic’ response to Zimbabwe THE POLITICAL impasse in Zimbabwe is hampering the humanitarian aid effort, says a statement issued by Save the Children last Friday. Subscriber only	Australia’s first woman bishop to be consecrated in Perth THE Anglican Church of Australia is to have its first woman bishop. Subscriber only

Austere devotion Praying Before the Communion at Megara, exhibited at the 1890 Paris Salon by Théodore Jacques Ralli (1852-1909). Subscriber only	‘Palestinians want independence, too’ ISRAEL’s 60th birthday next month will be a tragedy, not a celebration, unless Palestinians can also hope to celebrate their independence, Canon Dr Naim... Subscriber only	Village fights off Waitrose A VILLAGE CHURCH in Cheshire has been in the forefront of a successful campaign against a new supermarket. Subscriber only

Balls rant ‘deeply damaging’, Field tells Prime Minister THE CRITICISM of faith schools by Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, has been described by Frank Field MP as “simply incomprehensible”... Subscriber only	Chiming in Alix Peacock last week among the 24 new bells to be installed at York Minster. Subscriber only	Slee bans ‘Jerusalem’ as not to the glory of God William Blake’s “Jerusalem” has been banned by the Dean of Southwark. Subscriber only

Locals criticise Rector for observing marriage rules Posters have been put up in the village of Shere, in Surrey, demanding the resignation of the Rector, the Revd Charles Lawrence. Subscriber only	Glitzy Image of Christian musicians Anil, Reena, and Shreya Kant Subscriber only	Complaint at Kasper paper A DOCUMENT, Women in the Episcopate?, has been distributed to General Synod members this week Subscriber only

Clerics call for end to deadly feud THE Church of Ireland Dean of Limerick, the Very Revd Maurice Sirr, has called for new initiatives to stop a feud that has claimed the lives of ten young... Subscriber only	Don’t let the BNP in, say Churches HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Free Churches, and the Bishop of Durham warned voters this week not to allow the far... Subscriber only	News in brief Mesmeric; Churches’ pocket-sized card about abuse; Call to reopen corruption investigation; Dr Sentamu to plunge 12,500 feet; Bishop calls Wight green... Subscriber only

Tucked up under biblical bedding CHILDREN can now be covered by the words of scripture throughout the night, thanks to a new Christian bedding company, TruthFabric. Subscriber only	Still time to give and spread the TAP message It is not too late to give to this year’s appeal for the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund. Subscriber only	Holy heap the scaled-down four-foot-high compost model of Guildford Cathedral, by the sand-sculptor Mark Anderson Subscriber only

Diocese is to query pupils’ surveillance THE diocese of Salisbury is seeking a meeting with a borough council after a couple whose children attend a Church school were targeted for surveillance... Subscriber only	Teachers murdered in Somalia DAUD HASSAN ALI, a British man of 64, shot dead by insurgents in Somalia, may have been targeted as a convert from Islam to Christianity Subscriber only	In godless China, a ‘power’ is still felt CHRISTIANITY in China is more influential than numbers might suggest Subscriber only

In good cheer Image of Pope Benedict, in Washington DC Subscriber only	Venables is repudiated THE Primate of Brazil, the Most Revd Maurício Andrade, has condemned the recent unauthorised visit to Recife by the Primate of the Southern Cone. Subscriber only	Philippines: bid to stop rice riots THE rice crisis in the Philippines worsened last week, as prices rose by 60 per cent. Civil unrest is feared in response to rising food prices and shortages... Subscriber only

Ohio to sue breakaway churches MORE litigation over property is pending in the Episcopal Church in the United States. Subscriber only	Malatya trial resumes one year later THE TRIAL resumed in Turkey this week of five men accused of torturing and murdering three Christian missionaries in the eastern town of Malatya a year... Subscriber only	Winning design An engraved window at St Margaret’s, Angmering, in Sussex. Subscriber only

Professor sets faith challenge A CAPACITY crowd of 300 attended the Centre for Radical Christianity conference at St Mark’s, Broomhill, in Sheffield, last Saturday. Subscriber only	Hands up Protesters outside the Sudanese Embassy in London, on Sunday, marked five years of the Darfur conflict Subscriber only	Welsh Assembly is ‘a mess’ and ‘arcane’ says Dr Morgan WELSH DEVOLUTION is a confusing mess, the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, told the Cardiff Law School last week. Subscriber only

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