Church Times


Archbishop takes the argument to Rome THE RIFT between the Churches is not as wide as the Vatican makes out, the Archbishop of Canterbury argued this week. Subscriber only	Committee revises its view on women bishops — again THE draft women-bishops legislation may not be ready for the February Synod Subscriber only	The buildings stay, Dr Butler cautions PRIESTS or lay people are perfectly entitled to become Roman Catholics, but they do not have the right to take church property with them, says the Bishop... Subscriber only

BBC Trust has no second thoughts over Today godslot THOUGHT for the Day, the religious slot on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, will not be opened up to secular contributors Subscriber only	Committee rejects C of E proposal on Equality Bill THE parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) disagreed strongly with the Archbishops’ Council over a proposal to modify the Equality Bill Subscriber only	IBS-STL decides to ‘exit the business’ THE Bible Society has called for urgent consultation over the future of Christian bookshops, after Monday’s announcement by the Christian book distributor... Subscriber only

Africans suffer from ‘collateral damage’ in US culture clash RIGHT-WING organisations in the United States are cultivating African religious leaders as part of a strategy to undermine the social witness of US mainline... Subscriber only	Archbishop: Money isn’t everything ECONOMICS is only one aspect of human existence and cannot be understood in abstraction, the Archbishop of Canterbury told the TUC Economics Conference... Subscriber only	Bible in brief FILM-makers have been invited to submit ideas for a short film that engages with the Bible. Subscriber only

Shipshape? Pupils from Bartley Green school put the finishing touches to their origami ark Subscriber only	Call it Christmas, 85 in 100 tell Theos A CHRISTIAN Christmas is still popular, a survey suggests. Subscriber only	Apology for burial error AN ERROR that led to the interment of a body in the wrong grave in Walsall Wood Subscriber only

No faculty: chancellor seeks costs THE Revd Derek John French, Priest-in-Charge at St Margaret’s, Halliwell, in Bolton, and a churchwarden, Robert James Abram Subscriber only	Home news in brief Cameron: Christian faith ‘part of who I am’; Business chaplain licensed in bank; Bishop of Bristol to take up CPAS presidency; Subscriber only	Agency urges rich countries to act on child deaths SIX million child deaths a yearcould be prevented in developing countries if governments in rich nations made child health a priority Subscriber only

Treatment of women crucial, says UN population report THE SECRET of managing climate change lies in the way people across the world, especially women, are treated, says the UN’s State of World Population... Subscriber only	Medieval resource Images from a CD-ROM describing the history and archaeology of Holy Trinity, Goodramagate, in York Subscriber only	Faith-based development groups under the spotlight FAITH groups “have the potential to be serious and effective allies in the struggle against privation” Subscriber only

Afghan carpet factory: a model for investors BRITAIN can best engage with Afghanistan by helping to create “good jobs, honest businesses, and fair markets” Subscriber only	Murder in Mindanao THE government of the Philippines has been warned by a Roman Catholic bishop against making treaties with Muslim separatists Subscriber only	Crucifix row: ‘Christian majority has rights, too’ THE HEAD of the Greek Orthodox Church has criticised the ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that crucifixes in schools in Italy are a breach... Subscriber only

Paying his respects Image of boy at the coffin of Patriarch Pavle Subscriber only	THE General Synod of the Church of Canada Subscriber only	US bishops back gay blessings CHRISTIAN SUPPORT for same-sex marriage is not a dramatic break with tradition says the Bishop of Washington Subscriber only

Stamp give-away First, apologies for forgetting to put the token in last week’s paper. Subscriber only	Illuminated Pages from the Lindisfarne Gospels projected on to Durham Cathedral formed part of Lumière, a four-day light show in the city. Subscriber only	Tribunal rules on spiritualist appeal A JUDGE has ruled that a trainer of Special Constables, Alan Power, a spiritualist, who was dismissed from his work with the Greater Manchester Police... Subscriber only

Noise order suspended ALL NATIONS Centre, a Pentecostal church in Kennington, London, has called on Lambeth Council to withdraw a noise-abatement notice Subscriber only	Parts of UK ghettos, Street Pastors told THE systematic terror practised by gangs who want to control the “ghettos” was described at the first international conference of Street Pastors in London... Subscriber only