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Synod’s women-bishops committee draws back from code of practice SUPPORTERS of women bishops have expressed shock at a decision by the revision committee for the draft legislation not to go further down the route of... Subscriber only	Climate ‘reality check’ needed, says Dr Williams PEOPLE should get out in the rain and more in touch with nature, the Archbishop of Canterbury said this week in a lecture on climate change Subscriber only	Christian Aid cuts CHRISTIAN AID is to cut at least 50 jobs as a result of the financial downturn. Subscriber only

Cost of C of E bishops rise another £2 million THE working costs of Church of England bishops have increased by almost £2 million, the Church Commissioners reported in new figures this week. Subscriber only	Millions displaced in southern Indian floods A BRITISH teacher in southern India has urged churches in the UK to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the region Subscriber only	Avoid kissy kissy unity, WCC told THE QUEST for visible unity will evaporate unless the ecumenical movement builds on what it has achieved, Dame Mary Tanner has warned the World Council... Subscriber only

Primatial: The Privilege of Dominion The Privilege of Dominion, a waxwork gorilla by Paul Fryer, one of 60 works in “The Age of the Marvellous” exhibition at Holy Trinity, a deconsecrated... Subscriber only	Baptism crowds get hot gospel IT was bound to be called “a baptism of fire” when news spread that the Revd Edward Martin was using fire-eating Subscriber only	Churchgoing: the US President US President, Barack Obama, with his family and security guards, outside St John’s Episcopal Church in Washington last Sunday. Subscriber only

Fears persist for Ugandan family’s safety RETURNED Ugandan asylum-seekers face rejection at home, an English priest says. Subscriber only	Poignant Balloons represent missing brothers, Lorenzo and Francesco Scionti, at a funeral service for the victims of mudslides in Sicily Subscriber only	Mindanao: armed gang kidnaps priest PUBLIC anger was manifest on all sides in Mindanao, an island in the southern Philippines, after an Irish missionary priest was kidnapped. Subscriber only

Winning entry The Salvation Army’s new community hall in Chelmsford was named Building of the Year Subscriber only	New school partnerships can save money, says Ed Balls FAITH schools should federate with non-faith schools to save money, the Secretary of State for Children Subscriber only	Iraq a hard case, says Williams MEMBERS of the government that took the country to war in Iraq, and members of families of those who died there Subscriber only

Grounded Image of Christian Peacemaker Teams Subscriber only	Health of marriages in the UK is declining THE health of marriages in the UK has been quantified: it is 61 per cent and going down Subscriber only	Iran ticks off Lambeth over strikers THE Iranian Ambassador has written to the Archbishop of Canterbury to object to his concern for supporters of the People’s Mujahedin Orgaisation of Iran... Subscriber only

Commissioners clarify stance on hedge funds THE Church Commissioners described as “misleading” on Monday a Financial Times (FT) report that they were defending hedge funds Subscriber only	UK news in brief Council worker to sue Lewisham; MPs urge banks to stop ‘gambling’ with money; Two London churches ‘too noisy’; Archbishop, visiting Bermuda, urges reconciliation l... Subscriber only