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Synod’s ‘full agenda’ to include pensions, Fresh Expressions, and religion on TV THE NEXT General Synod meeting will take place in Church House, Westminster, from Monday 8 to Friday 12 February. Subscriber only	Rome not ‘escape hatch’ Abbey conference hears THE Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began this week with renewed pleas to the Church of England not to fragment over women bishops Subscriber only	Synod to debate the ACNA THE General Synod is being asked to “express the desire that the Church of England be in communion with the Anglican Church in North America” (ACNA). Subscriber only

Preachers find congregations grateful but not galvanised SERMONS should do more to encourage a change of lifestyle, the director of the College of Preachers, Paul Johns, said this week. Subscriber only	Haiti: aid agencies attempt to co-ordinate relief efforts IT IS more than a week since Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake, and yet the relief effort continues to be hampered by problems Subscriber only	Irish president rebukes Cardinal A SENIOR Vatican official who suggested that the recent child-abuse scandals were in some measure peculiar to Ireland drew a rebuke from the President... Subscriber only

Indian cleric accused of fraud A FORMER senior cleric in the Church of North India (CNI) has been arrested for an alleged misappropriation of funds from the Bombay Diocesan Trust Fund... Subscriber only	Head for heights he Bishop of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich blessed his cathedral’s new vaulted ceiling on Tuesday. Subscriber only	Jos under curfew after 150 killed ABOUT 150 people are reported to have been killed in the northern Nigerian city of Jos Subscriber only

Clergy pension cuts loom to rescue diocesan finances THE state second pension scheme (S2P), designed to prevent pensioners’ falling into poverty, should be used to save the Church of England’s defined-benefits... Subscriber only	Training to be tougher A CONSERVATIVE government would make it harder for would-be teachers to be accepted for training Subscriber only	Government is urged to hold fast to 0.7% target AID AGENCIES are pressing the Government to remain committed to the target of spending 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) on overseas aid by... Subscriber only

Pinewood award Simeon Lumgair now has a budget of £20,000 to make a short film after winning The Pitch Subscriber only	Change fails to silence critics GOVERNMENT efforts to clarify the exemption for Churches in the Equality Bill have not been welcomed Subscriber only	Retuning ‘may cost £1m’ THE Church of England is calling for full compensation when radio frequencies change in 2012. Subscriber only

Home news in brief Appeal Court hears BA cross case; New Bishop for Glasgow; C of E backs Groceries Supply Code of Practice Subscriber only	Report signals funding hope for cathedrals CATHEDRALS should receive direct government funding, says a recommendation from the House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts. Subscriber only	All lit up King’s College Chapel, at Cambridge University, ended its 800th-anniversary celebrations Subscriber only

Ghanaians host talks on women THE diocese of Accra, in Ghana, part of the Church of the Province of West Africa, held a series of meetings last week on the relation of gender, Catholic... Subscriber only	Sydney: ‘Not a good look’ A REGIONAL bishop in Sydney has complained that clergy in his diocese have lower dress standards in church than the laity. Subscriber only	Immigration: Carey’s stance finds support THERE is a limit to the number of migrants the UK can accommodate, the former Bishop of Rochester, Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, said last week Subscriber only

Easter display Easter display: an image of the Holy Mother in St Sophia Cathedral, Kiev Subscriber only	Helping to change Positive news from the Methodist Relief and Development Fund Subscriber only

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