Bishops rally behind Dr Williams as Conference starts

THE Lambeth Conference opened this week in Canterbury on a rising tide of support for the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Dr Jefferts Schori: ‘We can get beyond sexuality’

IT IS “very awkward” that a “duly elected bishop” has been banned from the Lambeth Conference.

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Let’s talk modestly about God, Archbishop urges Muslims

CHRISTIANS and Muslims must not rush into agreement about God, Dr Williams cautioned this week.

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Rome warns Anglicans who contemplate jumping ship

OPPOSITION to the consecration of women bishops is not reason enough to become a Roman Catholic, Rome has reaffirmed

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Lords reform delayed again

THE FUTURE of Bishops’ representation in the House of Lords will not be decided until after the next General Election.

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Agencies fear deepening crisis after Darfur attack

AID AGENCIES in Sudan were anxious this week about how they would continue to help refugees from Darfur.

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Images of Lambeth

Pictures from around the country

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Addressing the issue

More than 90 senior lay and ordained women attended a three-day conference at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, last week.

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Bishop with hopes of a mass migration looks for RC ‘magnanimity’

THE Bishop of Ebbsfleet, the Rt Revd Andrew Burnham, is exploring the possibility of taking a body of Anglican Catholics over to Rome

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Methodists urge Government to help Zimbabwean refugees

THE METHODIST Conference has called on the Government to stop all deportations to Zimbabwe immediately.

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Centre stage

Clerics, including Bishop Errol Brooks of the diocese of North-Eastern Caribbean & Aruba, in St Mary’s “Church”, recreated in a marquee

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Companies are urged to make room for prayer

A GUIDE for employers who now have a legal obligation to provide, if they can, a prayer room for workers has been published.

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Bishops in Lords warn over terror

BISHOPS in the House of Lords have questioned whether the Counter-Terrorism Bill is workable.

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Cost of February earthquake still being counted

THE financial aftershocks of the February earthquake, the biggest in the UK for 24 years, are still being felt.

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Winners and losers in EC VAT plans

VAT ON renovations of and repairs to modern church buildings could be cut by more than two-thirds within two years.

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Hopes, fears, and expectations for Lambeth ’08

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Sudan

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Eccentric

The exploits of the 17th Viscount Mountgarret, a Yorkshire peer who famously tried to shoot down a hot-air balloon for disturbing the birds on his grouse...

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Striking gold

Children with metal detectors from St Dunstan’s C of E Primary School in Southwark diocese

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Registrar wins her tribunal

AN EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL has ruled unanimously that a Christian registrar was unlawfully discriminated against.

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A ‘model student’ may remain in UK

DAMILOLA AJAGBONNA has been given exceptional leave to remain in Britain.

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News in Brief

hformery glory; honoured; Water-rate petition nears 29,000 names; Youth-crime concern; Former Archbishop dies; New Warden of Lee Abbey

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Fuel-price rises prompt prayer

THE SOARING costs of aviation fuel have threatened relief work in some of the world’s remotest regions.

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Sir John Templeton dies at 95, after decades of philanthropy

TRIBUTES have been paid to Sir John Templeton, who died on 8 July at the age of 95.

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Oblivious

A baby feeds from a filthy bottle in World Vision’s new film to raise awareness that 1.1 billion people do not have access to clean water.

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