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Be Anglicans with us, Rome tells traditionalists ANGLICANS and former Anglicans who want to become Roman Catholics while retaining much of their Anglican heritage may do so, Pope Benedict XVI announced... Subscriber only	Traditionalists "warmly welcome" Vatican move THE former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, who will address the National Assembly of Forward in Faith in London Subscriber only	Young people are worth investing in, Dr Williams says THE Church of England investment in new church schools and academies was prompted by a sense of moral justice, says the Archbishop of Canterbury. Subscriber only

Child-protection measures: Churches welcome first phase CHURCHES have welcomed the first phase of new national child-protection measures that came into force on Monday last week. Subscriber only	Sudan church leaders fear for peace deal CHURCH leaders in Southern Sudan have published a joint appeal to the international community to uphold the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)... Subscriber only	Eritrean emerges as leader in flourishing refugee fellowship SIX YEARS after he deserted the Eritrean army and crossed the Sudan border Subscriber only

Priest still missing in Mindanao CONCERN is growing for an elderly Irish missionary priest kidnapped two weeks ago in the Philippines Subscriber only	Jensen bemoans financial loss THE Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Peter Jensen, devoted the greater part of his address to the opening session of Sydney synod Subscriber only	President meets Makgoba THE Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Thabo Makgoba, hosted a meeting of religious leaders with Jacob Zuma Subscriber only

Bell foundry rescued by consortium THE world’s largest bell foundry, John Taylor of Loughborough, was back in business this week after a successful bid by a consortium Subscriber only	Home news in brief Vicar jailed for raping young boys; Reform criticises ‘training for irrelevance’; Dr Stancliffe challenges risk-averse culture; Faith communities ‘vital’... Subscriber only	In the market The Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, at a harvest festival service at Asda, Lower Earley, last week. Subscriber only

Biblical Studies wins reprieve at Sheffield A PROPOSAL by the University of Sheffield to discontinue its Biblical Studies course has been shelved Subscriber only	Go to dark Gethsemane — virtually A NEW interactive Bible, Glo, will make the scriptures “relevant to the digital generation”, its creators say. Subscriber only	Women priests consider strike WOMEN PRIESTS described as “outraged” by the revision committee’s decision on the draft legislation for women bishops Subscriber only

New ‘must’ at Mirfield THE Principal of the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, has explained a change in its eucharistic policy Subscriber only	After life Pedro de Mena’s Christ as the Man of Sorrows (1673), from the National Gallery’s exhibition Subscriber only	Power-station protest CAMPAIGNING Christians were among 1000 climate-change protesters who gathered at the coal-powered power station at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire... Subscriber only

School holy-day closures reviewed COUNCILLORS in the east London borough of Waltham Forest are to reconsider a policy of closing schools for certain Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh holidays Subscriber only	Wonder Two images of children looking at icons Subscriber only	Overseas news in brief Kenneth Price elected as Pittsburgh bishop; Danish priest charged with sheltering Iraqis; Indian pastor’s killers receive life sentences; US diocese bankrupted... Subscriber only

Government ‘not secularist’ THE GOVERNMENT does not have a secular agenda that seeks to marginalise faith and believers, the Secretary of State for Communities, told Churches Together... Subscriber only

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