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Pope’s visit: more details emerge POPE Benedict XVI’s four-day state visit to Scotland and England between 16 and 19 September will be “like no other in the history of the country” Subscriber only	Bishops’ seats threatened again in Lords reform BISHOPS in the House of Lords have been urged to become involved with the reform of the upper chamber. Subscriber only	Report recommends tighter formula for executive pay CHRISTIAN investors should consider selling their shares in companies that pay their top executives more than 75 times the salary of their lowest-paid... Subscriber only

Don’t struggle for a perfect body, says naked author AN ORDINAND from Coventry diocese has written a book on women’s self-image, How to Feel Good Naked Subscriber only	Jos: plea for peace from Archbishop MORE Christians were killed this week near Jos, Nigeria, after last week’s massacre Subscriber only	International aid agencies join together MEMBERS of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Lutheran World Federation have combined to form ACT Alliance Subscriber only

Brady apologises for abuse cover-up The case of the late Fr Brendan Smyth, one of the earliest and most notorious paedophiles among Irish Roman Catholic clergy Subscriber only	Foreign news in brief Episcopal dioceses consent to lesbian bishop; Peacemaker founder dies while cycling; US poll queries link between Easter and resurrection; Sunni leader’s... Subscriber only	Anglican bishops choose dialogue, not controversy DIALOGUE, rather than debate over issues that cause controversy, is the way forward for the Anglican Communion Subscriber only

Helping hand Workmen renovate the 125-foot-tall soapstone statue of Christ overlooking Rio de Janeiro Subscriber only	Heartbreaking Firefighters at St Mary’s, Westry, in Cambridgeshire, as fire swept through it on Monday Subscriber only	Denham unveils faith-group fund THERE is no secular agenda at the heart of the present Government, and believers are not being marginalised. Subscriber only

Lifeline Tanya Davies, at the new headquarters of the Valley of Hope rehabilitation project Subscriber only	Bride-to-be pitches in A BRIDE-TO-BE so likes the Hampshire church where she is to be married Subscriber only	Future secured Nurses who had faced eviction can now look forward to spending their retirement in the John Howard Homes Subscriber only

Father’s new appeal for missing chef PETER LAWRENCE, father of the missing University of York chef, Claudia, has renewed his pleas Subscriber only	Mother aims to help her son’s killer THE MOTHER of a teenage boy who was murdered in Borough, south London, in 2008, has offered to visit her son’s killer in prison Subscriber only	Perfect fit Christ Blessing, known as the Bradford Christ, in Holy Trinity, Bradford-on-Avon. Subscriber only

New saint is criticised THE British biologist and writer Richard Dawkins has told the 2010 Global Atheism Convention, held in Melbourne last weekend, that creating saints was... Subscriber only	Court approves reinterment A DAUGHTER, whose father and mother both died within a period of 13 months and were interred separately in the same churchyard Subscriber only	Striking staff picket Lambeth Palace LAMBETH Palace was picketed on Friday for about an hour-and-a-half Subscriber only

UK briefs RC adoption agency wins anti-gay ruling; Church Army marches north; RC Bishops criticise pre-watershed condom ads; Male-only list for Derby Subscriber only	Seeing history The religion gallery at the newly-expanded Jewish Museum in north London opened on Tuesday, after a £10-million transformation. Subscriber only	Elmore Abbey to close ANGLICAN BENEDICTINES are planning to sell up and move out of Elmore Abbey, near Newbury Subscriber only

Baptist attendances rise ATTENDANCES in Baptist churches have gone up by about 5000 over six years Subscriber only	Alteration proposed for Bill LORD ALLI has tabled a further amendment to the Equality Bill, designed to meet the concerns of Church of England bishops that the changes already... Subscriber only	Don’t let hate politics win out of apathy, campaigners warn CHRISTIAN campaigners and political groupings are attempting to push traditional Christian values to the centre ground of the General Election. Subscriber only

TAP Fund continues to grow ANOTHER £5000 has been added to the Church Times Train-A-Priest (TAP) Fund appeal in the past week Subscriber only	Hospitality seat Image of a new misericord remembering Flossie Lane, the former landlady at the Sun Inn in Leintwardine, in north Herefordshire Subscriber only	Memories of abuse to be reappraised A REVIEW by the Church of England of its child-protection policies is to consider the claim by the British False Memory Society (BFMS) that false- memory... Subscriber only

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