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Loss of trust is our fault, too, says RC election guidance POLITICIANS alone cannot bring about change, and the electorate must not be seduced by the notion that social problems are for the Government to deal... Subscriber only	See DNA database as election issue, black voters urged BLACK-LED churches were called on this week to use their political strength in the run-up to the General Election Subscriber only	Religious bodies can host gay ceremonies, say peers LORD ALLI’s amendment to the Equality Bill was approved during the Report Stage in the House of Lords this week Subscriber only

Pinkish tinge puts popularity of new York rose in peril THE LAUNCH by York Minster this week of its own rose raised a few eyebrows in the white-rose county of Yorkshire Subscriber only	Chilean situation is ‘critical’, Bishop warns after quake ANGLICAN parish communities in Chile are sheltering together in tents for safety and to share food and water Subscriber only	Christians terrorised in Iraq and Egypt CHURCH leaders world wide have expressed concern for Christians in Iraq and Egypt during the lead-up to parliamentary elections in both countries later... Subscriber only

Keep up the TAP effort HAVE YOU sent to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund yet? Subscriber only	Home news in brief We have evidence of bullying, says union; Strike on for next week in NCIs; St George’s Crypt ‘Best of Show’ in Design Week Subscriber only	Listed churches: a manifesto A MANIFESTO for protecting 14,500 places of worship in England that are listed for their special architectural or historic interest was due to be launched... Subscriber only

Minister backs call for greater community use of churches CHURCHES are under-used, and should revert to their status as places of assembly, service, and celebration for the whole community Subscriber only	Atheists are found ‘more intelligent’ PEOPLE who are more intelligent are more likely to be atheists and politically liberal, the evolutionary psychologist Dr Satoshi Kanazawa suggests. Subscriber only	C of E backs Starmer’s new guidelines THE Church of England has commended changes to policy for prosecutors on assisted suicide Subscriber only

Well-spoken: Isabelle Tett, an 11-year-old Image of the girl who won the Cranmer Awards Subscriber only	Franciscans to leave Somerset home of 50 years THE Community of St Francis is to leave its house at Compton Durville, in Somerset, where it has been for 50 years Subscriber only	All-star cast perform a classical song for Haiti A GROUP of some of Britain and Ireland’s best known classical music stars have recorded a song to raise money for Haiti Subscriber only

“Daunting” The Bishop of Liverpool surveys the material to be assessed by the panel investigating the Hillsborough disaster, in Sheffield Subscriber only	Apology for prayer-day poster ban COUNCIL officials have apologised after a church poster advertising the Women’s World Day of Prayer was banned on religious grounds. Subscriber only	Welsh awards for ‘good leaders’ GOOD leadership is based on spiritual values such as compassion, empathy, and the confidence to put the needs of people before bureaucracy Subscriber only

Vibrant New Energy, by Atsuko Chandler, from the “Re-imagining Treasures of Hyde Abbey” exhibition at Winchester Cathedral Subscriber only	Islamists in Philippines murder 13 MEMBERS of the Islamist group Abu Sayyef attacked a Christian village in Basilan, Mindanao Subscriber only	Female line of clerics The Revd Heather Cetrangolo has completed three generations of women clergy in one family Subscriber only

Overseas news in brief Arson attacks in northern Nigeria; Iranians close church and make arrests; Blasphemy sentence for Pakistani Christian Subscriber only	Hindu wins right to have open-air funeral pyre THE WISHES of an orthodox Hindu to have his remains cremated on a traditional funeral pyre Subscriber only	“Many kinds of poverty” The Archbishop of York speaking at the launch of the Global Poverty Project’s multimedia presentation, “1.4 Billion Reasons” Subscriber only

Industrial setting Roger Wagner’s 1993 painting Menorah is to go on show from 12 March at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Subscriber only	Christians bullied in UK, says Carey THE Rt Revd Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has complained of a “strident and bullying campaign” to marginalise Christianity Subscriber only

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