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EU lobbied on moral failure on climate THE Church of England and other Churches are campaigning to persuade European governments to treat climate change as a moral issue. Subscriber only	Dioceses receive reassurance from Church Commissioners THE Church Commissioners wrote to every diocese last Friday to allay fears over funding levels, after the Church of England suffered an estimated 2... Subscriber only	Heritage announces winners in grants lottery ENGLISH HERITAGE and the Heritage Lottery Fund this week announced grants of £15.5 million for urgent repair work to some of England’s oldest churches... Subscriber only

Cathedral to ring out: ‘no heaven’ JOHN LENNON’s 1971 hit song “Imagine” is to be played on the 13 bells of Liverpool Cathedral as part of the city’s Futuresonic festival in May. Subscriber only	Rebuilding Gaza will be hard, despite £3.2 billion NEARLY two months after the end of the Gaza Strip conflict, the 2.5 million inhabitants still face severe hardship and shortages. Subscriber only	Sudan is at a critical time, says Primate, as Bashir is indicted THE Archbishop of Sudan has called on the British Government to step up its support for the country’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement Subscriber only

Many hands can make light work of TAP ’09 A GENTLE START to this year’s Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal brings the running total to £26,955 this week. Subscriber only	Job-seekers seek prayers, too THE CHURCH can give hope to people who face unemployment, said the Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge. Subscriber only	Labour of love Alec Garrard with his scale model of Herod’s Temple in Jerusalem Subscriber only

New faith office PRESIDENT OBAMA has announced the formation of a White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Subscriber only	Pittsburgh in dispute over assets THE deposed Bishop of Pittsburgh, the Rt Revd Bob Duncan, whose diocese voted by a majority to realign with the Province of the Southern Cone Subscriber only	Bishop to be SA Presidential candidate A METHODIST bishop, the Rt Revd Mvume Dandala, is standing as a presidential candidate in national and provincial elections in South Africa on 22 April... Subscriber only

Shaking up the market Joe Godlewski, a retired barber in Cresaptown, Maryland, in the United States, launched his Christian salt on Wednesday last week. Subscriber only	‘Affirm the good’ in spiritually hungry society, says Cardinal CARDINAL Cormac Murphy-O’Connor, in an upbeat assessment of the place of the Roman Catholic Church in Britain, has called on the Church to “say yes” to... Subscriber only	Funds crisis threatens legal advice CHRISTIAN Concern for Our Nation (CCFON), a campaign group that provides support and legal advice to Christians who say they are experiencing discrimination... Subscriber only

Williams to attend US General Convention THE next triennial meeting of the General Convention of the Episcopal Church in the United States will be attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Subscriber only	Double rite scuppered LESS than a year after a formal “agreement of co-operation” was enacted between Anglican and RC dioceses in northern New South Wales Subscriber only	Sri Lankan bishops ask warring forces to respect civilians AID AGENCIES have warned of an escalating humanitarian disaster in Sri Lanka. Subscriber only

Foreign news in brief Pakistan Churches fear for legal rights; Give up texting for Lent, Italian bishops urge; Drought threatens Afghans; Billy Graham Association to cut staff... Subscriber only	Admissions report ‘has agenda’ say school experts CHURCH of England educationists have strongly criticised a new report on school admissions by researchers from the London School of Economics Subscriber only	Morphing Image from “On Being Human” exhibition Subscriber only

MP: Try godparent mentors AN MP has called for all young people, from primary-school age upwards, to have a mentor who could act like a godparent and keep them away from crime... Subscriber only	Idle Image of laid up ships Subscriber only	First pastoral visitors appointed to arbitrate during Anglican rifts THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury has named the initial group of “Pastoral Visitors” — the mediators and arbitrators called for by the Windsor Continuation... Subscriber only

Buddhism enthusiast elected DISAGREEMENT surrounds the election of the new Bishop of North Michigan, the Revd Kevin Thew Forrester. Subscriber only	New bells consecrated in City of London IN A SERVICE harking back to the Middle Ages, a ring of 12 new bells was consecrated at St Magnus the Martyr in the City of London on Tuesday evening... Subscriber only	Twinning debated A TWINNING PROPOSAL offers an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of the people of Gaza, the Bishop of Worcester, Dr John Inge, said... Subscriber only

Restored The Bishop in Europe, Dr Geoffrey Rowell, has just returned from re-hallowing St Helena's Chapel in Istanbul Subscriber only	Medieval girl gets grave at last A FUNERAL for a teenage girl who died about 700 years ago will right a wrong Subscriber only	MEPs asked for Sunday declaration FIVE MEMBERS of the European Parliament have asked their fellow MEPs to sign a declaration on the protection of a work-free Sunday Subscriber only

Home news in brief Bishop of Dover to retire; East Anglians most ‘godless’ in UK, poll suggests; Plymouth church given Minster status; Westminster Abbey to ‘Tweet’ service... Subscriber only

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