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				    <title>Churches to keep their exemption from equality law, Harman confirms</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE LAW covering church employment will stay as it is, Harriet Harman, said on Tuesday. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE LAW covering church employment will stay as it is, Harriet Harman, said on Tuesday. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88880</link>
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				    <title>I look forward to my UK visit, Pope tells bishops</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THERE was surprise this week that the Pope has confirmed his forth­coming visit to the UK before an announcement has been made from Buckingham Palace or Down­ing Street ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THERE was surprise this week that the Pope has confirmed his forth­coming visit to the UK before an announcement has been made from Buckingham Palace or Down­ing Street ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88883</link>
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				    <title>Dr Sentamu warns of ‘mercy killings’</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, said this week that pressure to legalise assisted suicide could eventually lead to the killing of disabled people.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE Archbishop of York, Dr Sentamu, said this week that pressure to legalise assisted suicide could eventually lead to the killing of disabled people.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88859</link>
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				    <title>Accuracy of briefing paper on ACNA challenged</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A SENIOR CLERIC of the Anglican Church of Canada has identified inaccuracies in Lorna Ashworth’s briefing paper for her private member’s motion, which will come before the General Synod next Wednesday. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A SENIOR CLERIC of the Anglican Church of Canada has identified inaccuracies in Lorna Ashworth’s briefing paper for her private member’s motion, which will come before the General Synod next Wednesday. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88850</link>
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				    <title>Religious TV programmes at Easter to increase, says BBC</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE BBC has announced a big increase in religious programmes for Holy Week and Easter.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE BBC has announced a big increase in religious programmes for Holy Week and Easter.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88836</link>
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				    <title>Primate resigns from ACC committee</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE President-Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Most Revd Mouneer Anis, has resigned from the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE President-Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Most Revd Mouneer Anis, has resigned from the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88843</link>
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				    <title>An intolerable shirt of flame</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[“SEVERAL of us went over to a men’s breakfast in Alexandra that morning. By evening we were back there, as refugees. We had lost every­thing.” ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[“SEVERAL of us went over to a men’s breakfast in Alexandra that morning. By evening we were back there, as refugees. We had lost every­thing.” ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88691</link>
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				    <title>New RE guidelines call for the study of ‘secular beliefs’</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[SCHOOLS should teach about atheism and humanism as belief systems, in religious-education pro­grammes]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[SCHOOLS should teach about atheism and humanism as belief systems, in religious-education pro­grammes]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88839</link>
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				    <title>Wedding prayer</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Margaret Campbell and Canon Stephen Taylor at the UK Wedding Show last weekend]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Margaret Campbell and Canon Stephen Taylor at the UK Wedding Show last weekend]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88840</link>
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				    <title>Churches to close in Victoria</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE DIOCESE of British Columbia in the Anglican Church of Canada has announced a plan to close churches]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE DIOCESE of British Columbia in the Anglican Church of Canada has announced a plan to close churches]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88846</link>
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				    <title>Canadian will overturned</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE WISHES of a Canadian who stipulated in his will that his house could be sold only to an Anglican or Presbyterian have been overturned by a court.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE WISHES of a Canadian who stipulated in his will that his house could be sold only to an Anglican or Presbyterian have been overturned by a court.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88847</link>
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				    <title>Williams attacks quick profit</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[FINANCIERS motivated by short-term gain imperil the future of humanity, the Archbishop of Canterbury told]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[FINANCIERS motivated by short-term gain imperil the future of humanity, the Archbishop of Canterbury told]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88853</link>
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				    <title>Allow good death, RC bishops say</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[DYING people should have the opportunity to make a good death without being drugged excessively]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[DYING people should have the opportunity to make a good death without being drugged excessively]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88857</link>
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				    <title>New guide for hospital chaplains</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[HOSPITAL chaplains will be told to prove their worth to stop them being a soft target for health-care cuts. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[HOSPITAL chaplains will be told to prove their worth to stop them being a soft target for health-care cuts. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88858</link>
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				    <title>Older, white women are C of E flock</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[CONGREGATIONS in the Church of England are whiter, older, and more female than the rest of the country]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[CONGREGATIONS in the Church of England are whiter, older, and more female than the rest of the country]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88862</link>
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				    <title>Teacher who prayed for pupil is allowed to return to her job</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[OLIVE JONES, the supply teacher from Somerset who claimed that she was dismissed after she offered to pray for a pupil]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[OLIVE JONES, the supply teacher from Somerset who claimed that she was dismissed after she offered to pray for a pupil]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88863</link>
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				    <title>Closed Hereford church has anonymous buyer</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[ST ANNE’s, a 150-year-old uncon­secrated church in Lea Cross, Shropshire]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[ST ANNE’s, a 150-year-old uncon­secrated church in Lea Cross, Shropshire]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88866</link>
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				    <title>Home news in brief</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Bishop finds Personal Care Bill lop-sided; MPs’ integrity matters more than party, poll finds; Stop locking up asylum-seekers’ children, says Packer; Internet churchgoers raise £1000 for WaterAid

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				    <body><![CDATA[Bishop finds Personal Care Bill lop-sided; MPs’ integrity matters more than party, poll finds; Stop locking up asylum-seekers’ children, says Packer; Internet churchgoers raise £1000 for WaterAid

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88869</link>
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				    <title>Haitians are ‘standing firm in their faith’ says Bishop</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE Bishop of Haiti, the Rt Revd Jean Zaché Duracin, has said that people are in “desperate straits” after the earthquake last month]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE Bishop of Haiti, the Rt Revd Jean Zaché Duracin, has said that people are in “desperate straits” after the earthquake last month]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88872</link>
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				    <title>Overseas news in brief</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Do not cut off culprits’ hands, says Indian bishop; Lithuania supports Italian crucifix stand; Tuvalu ‘betrayed’ at Copenhagen; Mining indaba held ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Do not cut off culprits’ hands, says Indian bishop; Lithuania supports Italian crucifix stand; Tuvalu ‘betrayed’ at Copenhagen; Mining indaba held ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88875</link>
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				    <title>Never mind the width, feel the quality</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[WHEN Aaqil Ahmed was appointed head of religion and ethics at the BBC last summer, he was the first Muslim to hold the post. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[WHEN Aaqil Ahmed was appointed head of religion and ethics at the BBC last summer, he was the first Muslim to hold the post. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88682</link>
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				    <title>Interview: Geza Vermes, biblical scholar</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[‘Jesus emerges as a living figure, not someone who fell down from heaven’]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[‘Jesus emerges as a living figure, not someone who fell down from heaven’]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88704</link>
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				    <title>Coping with a thunderbolt</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[OUR JOURNEY into the world of autism began when our son, Charin, was born on 3 February 1996.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[OUR JOURNEY into the world of autism began when our son, Charin, was born on 3 February 1996.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88708</link>
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				    <title>Our son is one of God’s children, too</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[DAVID is 14 years old, but he has never spoken.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[DAVID is 14 years old, but he has never spoken.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/88711</link>
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