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Covenant is to be used as litmus test of Anglicanism CONSERVATIVE BISHOPS in the United States are preparing to challenge their church hierarchy over the Anglican Covenant, it emerged this week. Read more	Chancellor’s ‘green’ Budget WEDNESDAY’s Budget, for “the most serious global economic turmoil for 60 years”, sought to keep ordinary Read more	Archbishops’ Council looks to cut core national spending, as recession bites THE RELATIONSHIP between the Archbishops’ Council and Church of England dioceses and parishes is coming under increasing strain, as the financial crisis... Read more

Pirates ‘want their share of globalisation dividend’ PIRACY is “almost an industry” in the Horn of Africa and offers a way for Somalis to “fight back” against past injustices caused by globalisation Read more	Further ‘catastrophe’ looms in Sri Lanka THE humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka is still growing, as thousands of civilians continue to be caught up in the fighting in the northern tip of the... Read more	‘Somebody, somewhere, will have seen Claudia’ FOR ONE of the worst of reasons, Peter Lawrence has one of the ten best-known faces in England at the moment. Read more

Salvaged items from reclamation sites used to build chapel A COUPLE have built a chapel in their back garden containing religious artefacts salvaged from ecclesiastical reclamation sites across the country Read more	Surefish reels in entries for its website ‘heroes’ competition THERE is one month to go before nominations close for the Surefish 2009 Church Website of the Year awards. Read more	“Ordering the Reaper”: William Blake’s 1805 painting The Spiritual Form of Pitt leading the Behemoth, a vision of the Prime Minister Read more

GAFCON Primates are told of ‘two religions’ in the American Church THE GAFCON Primates have recognised the new Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), they announced in London last week. Read more	An Easter boost for TAP Fund, but more needed THANKS to a burst of generosity over Easter, a further £16,360.47 has come in Read more	Michigan: new doubts THE BISHOP of Olympia in Washington, the Rt Revd Greg Rickel, is the latest to withhold his consent from the election of the Revd Kevin Thew Forrester... Read more

Fort Worth files property lawsuit THE REORGANISED Episcopal diocese of Fort Worth has filed a lawsuit to recover diocesan property and assets Read more	Dioceses in battle for Pittsburgh A COURT hearing in Pittsburgh, in the United States, will determine who has control of diocesan assets worth $20 million in a situation where two bodies... Read more	UN’s anti-racism conference condemns attacks on religion DISCRIMINATION against religious groups was condemned this week at the UN Durban Read more

TV ads: rules to be revised CONDOMS could be advertised on television around the clock, under the proposals put Read more	Bishop scores century THE Church Times Cricket Cup competition is now under way. Read more	Rio Tinto challenged at AGM by shareholders THE mining company Rio Tinto came under pressure from shareholders at its AGM last week over its treatment of indigenous people. Read more

Humanist joins BBC faith panel THE NEW body that is replacing the BBC’s Central Religious Advisory Committee is to include a Humanist Read more	Clergy accuse diocese of ‘blackmail’ Clergy in the diocese of London are accusing the diocese of “blackmailing” them into accepting that they may not get a promised four-per-cent rise in... Read more	Major keys [COL][IMAGE][COL] Major keys: Gloucester Cathedral is to hold a series of free Bank Holiday Monday concerts in 2009, beginning on 4 May. The concerts... Read more

Overseas visitors fall foul of UKBA’s application of rules CHRISTIAN workers and organisations seeking to come to Britain are falling foul of new immigration rules Read more	In the dumps Image of vicar and rubbish Read more	Arches Court overturns permission for font sale WHERE a church is listed, there is a presumption against the grant of a faculty Read more

News in brief Dean criticises Lambeth-boycott bishops; School charged £200,000 over bangle row; Archdeacon’s daughter died after accidental overdose Read more	Young at heart Image of Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, at the Easter service in Christ the Saviour Cathedral, Moscow, early on Sunday morning Read more	Zuma decision condemned by Makgoba THE ARCHBISHOP of Cape Town said this week that a decision by prosecutors to drop charges against the South African presidential candidate Jacob Zuma... Read more

For reflection Image of memorial labyrinth in Virginia Read more	Harare High Court rules on churches GOVERNMENT ministers in Harare have ordered the implementation of an earlier High Court ruling that Anglicans in Harare must share their church buildings... Read more

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