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Pope’s offer provokes mixed reactions among Anglicans ANGLICANS are divided over the announcement, last week, by the Vatican that they could form “Personal Ordinariates” under the authority of Pope Benedict... Subscriber only	‘It will be a little like registering with a new GP and boarding a coach for Walsingham’ - Ebbsfleet “I SUSPECT everyone is feeling fairly bewildered,” the Bishop of Chichester, Dr John Hind, told the Forward in Faith (FiF) National Assembly in London... Subscriber only	Same-sex marriage approved THE Kyrkomötet (General Synod) of the Church of Sweden approved a recommendation that the Swedish Church should conduct weddings in church for both heterosexual... Subscriber only

St George’s damaged in bomb attack FOR the second time in three months, St George’s, Baghdad, has been damaged by large explosions aimed at Iraqi government buildings in the city. Subscriber only	Christian forum launched in Pakistan CHRISTIANS in Pakistan have launched a Pakistan Christian Action Forum to combat the ever-increasing levels of discrimination against them. Subscriber only	Japanese tie the knot at replica church in the sky JAPANESE couples can get married in a replica of All Saints’, Brockhampton, in Herefordshire. Subscriber only

Grants withdrawn from Irish Protestant schools SENIOR Anglican clergy have responded angrily to the withdrawal without consultation of ancillary grants to Protestant secondary schools. Subscriber only	Teachers urged to avoid bias OFSTED inspectors who visited 51 independent faith schools have urged them to ensure that material used by pupils is free from bias. Subscriber only	Ramsey find: case for coroner? A CORONER could be asked to decide who owns a collection of gold and silver gifts presented to the former Archbishop of Canterbury. Subscriber only

LWF leader elected THE Revd Martin Junge, aged 48, formerly a pastor in Chile, was elected as the new general secretary of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) on Monday... Subscriber only	ERD funds missing EPISCOPAL Relief and Development (ERD), the relief and development agency of the Episcopal Church in the United States, filed a civil case against the... Subscriber only	‘Little impact’ in Australia THE Vatican’s creation of an Apostolic Constitution to cater for disaffected Anglicans would not have much impact in Australia. Subscriber only

News in brief Court hears bullying allegation; New Moderator nominated; New head of EKD elected; Use land for energy, synod says Subscriber only

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