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Children ‘happier if families get on’ FAMILY conflict makes for unhappy children, concludes new research from the Children’s Society Subscriber only	Bishops win in Equality Bill fight GOVERNMENT attempts to reword the law governing church employment were defeated in the House of Lords on Monday. Subscriber only	Ordinariate: the sceptics ‘are eating humble pie’ A MEETING of bishops who have petitioned the Pope to be received into full communion while retaining an “Anglican” identity is to take place in Rome Subscriber only

More children in church, but declining attendance overall AVERAGE weekly attendance in the Church of England has fallen by one per cent in a year, the latest statistics from the Archbishops’ Council show Subscriber only	Ad withdrawn after online campaign AN ONLINE pressure-group that called for the removal of billboard advertisements for a website that encouraged extra-marital affairs appears to have... Subscriber only	Jos’s violence not sparked by religion its Archbishop says THE ARCHBISHOP of Jos, the Most Revd Benjamin Kwashi, has said that reports by the media on interfaith tensions in the city last week were “skewed” Subscriber only

Faith schools get my vote THE Conservative leader, David Cameron, threw a bouquet in the direction of faith schools this week Subscriber only	Royal cream The Prince of Wales has become president of Send a Cow, the charity that supports poor farmers in Africa Subscriber only	Wanted: a love of souls and the great outdoors A PIONEERING priest with a love for the great outdoors is sought to be chaplain of a forest and of a regional park Subscriber only

Williams urges peace in Sudan THE ARCHBISHOP of Canterbury urged the United Nations this week to maintain pressure on the Sudanese Government to implement the Comprehensive Peace... Subscriber only	Help Haiti by writing off its debts, say aid agencies AID agencies and churches have called for the writing off of Haiti’s $890 million international debt Subscriber only	Commissioners lose £40m in New York THE Church Commissioners have lost about £40 million on an investment in Stuyvesant Town Subscriber only

Ireland: RC bishops hold extraordinary meeting ROMAN Catholic bishops in Ireland are in discussions with the statutory authorities in both jurisdictions to ensure best practice in the future handling... Subscriber only	Protest: Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh leaders Christian, Muslim, Jewish, and Sikh leaders in Stoke-on-Trent have signed a pledge of unity against a proposed march through Stoke this weekend Subscriber only	UK news in brief Top ten per cent are ‘100 times richer’; Dr Butler calls for boldness on nuclear disarmament; Irish bishop to be MU Central Chaplain; New ecumenical covenant... Subscriber only

Invitation to Mugabe ANGLICANS in Harare, Zimbabwe, have invited President Robert Mugabe to attend an open prayer-meeting in Africa Unity Square on Sunday Subscriber only	Overseas news in brief Aid agencies call for end to Gaza blockade; Pope urges priests to use new technology; A misunderstanding, says Bishop of Pittsburgh Subscriber only	Enthronement Image of enthronement of the new head of the Serbian Orthodox Church Subscriber only

‘Indians need your support’ THE Archbishop of Melbourne, Dr Philip Freier, has called on Australians to empathise with Indians concerned for family members in Australia Subscriber only	Acting Dean for Derby DERBY Cathedral has appointed Canon Elaine Jones, its Canon Pastor, as Acting Dean Subscriber only	Vigil ended Peter Moore, from Lincoln, the British hostage freed in December, visited Lincoln Cathedral on Monday night Subscriber only

University group backs new religion initiative A GROUP of university vice-chancellors is backing an initiative to foster greater understanding of religion among senior university staff. Subscriber only	Staff ‘in shock’ at closure of Durham Cathedral bookshop THE six staff at Durham Cathedral bookshop were said to be “in shock” after its sudden closure last Friday Subscriber only	Mary Ward honoured by Dr Williams MARY WARD (1585-1645), a Yorkshire-born pioneer of women’s ministry Subscriber only

Motion seeks to limit games violence THE Government must regulate violent video-games more stringently and ban harmful material Subscriber only

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