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				    <title>Gift Aid and Lords in Queen’s Speech</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A BILL to “reduce the burden on charities” will be introduced in the next year, the Queen announced in a speech to both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A BILL to “reduce the burden on charities” will be introduced in the next year, the Queen announced in a speech to both Houses of Parliament on Wednesday.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128326</link>
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				    <title>Occupy plans new action and pilgrimage to Canterbury</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[PROTESTERS from the Occupy movement are planning to meet outside St Paul’s Cathedral tomorrow for what they describe as a global day of action. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[PROTESTERS from the Occupy movement are planning to meet outside St Paul’s Cathedral tomorrow for what they describe as a global day of action. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128312</link>
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				    <title>Cardinal Brady stays in post, despite sex-abuse allegations</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[CARDINAL Seán Brady, is resisting calls for his resignation, after revelations that he failed to inform parents of children who were being abused. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[CARDINAL Seán Brady, is resisting calls for his resignation, after revelations that he failed to inform parents of children who were being abused. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128346</link>
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				    <title>Faiths should vie to do good, says Princess Badiya of Jordan</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Princess Badiya bint El Hassan, giving a BibleLands lecture, called for concrete actions and co-operation between Christians and Muslims.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Princess Badiya bint El Hassan, giving a BibleLands lecture, called for concrete actions and co-operation between Christians and Muslims.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128355</link>
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				    <title>Too open about HIV for his own good</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A ZIMBABWEAN pastor, the Revd Maxwell Kapachawo, was asked to leave by two churches when they discovered that he was HIV-positive.

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				    <body><![CDATA[A ZIMBABWEAN pastor, the Revd Maxwell Kapachawo, was asked to leave by two churches when they discovered that he was HIV-positive.

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128322</link>
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				    <title>Greece in shock after voters reject austerity measures</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[In last weekend’s elections a clear majority of voters rejected the austerity programme that had been endorsed by the two leading main­stream parties. 

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				    <body><![CDATA[In last weekend’s elections a clear majority of voters rejected the austerity programme that had been endorsed by the two leading main­stream parties. 

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128286</link>
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				    <title>Agencies note lack of aid Bill</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE omission from the Queen’s Speech of any mention of an international-aid Bill to enshrine spending 0.7 per cent on aid has alarmed aid agencies.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE omission from the Queen’s Speech of any mention of an international-aid Bill to enshrine spending 0.7 per cent on aid has alarmed aid agencies.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128325</link>
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				    <title>Idowu-Fearon gives ‘hatred’ warning</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[RELIGIOUS leaders in Nigeria must stop “fanning the embers of hatred, bigotry, and arrogance”, the Arch­bishop of Kaduna has said.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[RELIGIOUS leaders in Nigeria must stop “fanning the embers of hatred, bigotry, and arrogance”, the Arch­bishop of Kaduna has said.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128289</link>
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				    <title>Trust labelled separatist</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE chairman of Fulcrum, the Revd Stephen Kuhrt, has urged Evangelicals in Southwark diocese not to join a new trust for “ortho­dox” churches. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE chairman of Fulcrum, the Revd Stephen Kuhrt, has urged Evangelicals in Southwark diocese not to join a new trust for “ortho­dox” churches. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128293</link>
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				    <title>Welsh Archbishop chosen for CNC</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, will sit on the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) to nominate the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
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				    <body><![CDATA[THE Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, will sit on the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) to nominate the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128294</link>
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				    <title>Baptist: ‘Explore, but keep the faith’</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[BAPTISTS must not neglect their “Evangelical identity”, the Principal of Spurgeon’s College, Dr Nigel Wright, said last Friday.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[BAPTISTS must not neglect their “Evangelical identity”, the Principal of Spurgeon’s College, Dr Nigel Wright, said last Friday.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128295</link>
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				    <title>Multifaith work said to be worth the risk</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[FULFILLING the Christian duty to love one’s neighbour meant shun­ning the “moral equivalent of a gated community”, Dr Williams said on Tuesday.

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				    <body><![CDATA[FULFILLING the Christian duty to love one’s neighbour meant shun­ning the “moral equivalent of a gated community”, Dr Williams said on Tuesday.

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128298</link>
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				    <title>Warner praises ‘bravery’ of appointment</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE new Bishop-designate of Chi­chester, Dr Martin Warner, has described the choice of a tradition­alist as “brave and bold”.

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				    <body><![CDATA[THE new Bishop-designate of Chi­chester, Dr Martin Warner, has described the choice of a tradition­alist as “brave and bold”.

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128343</link>
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				    <title>Home news in brief</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Retired priest and organist on child-sex charges; Novena surrounds House of Bishops’ meeting; C4M petition reaches half a million signatures]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Retired priest and organist on child-sex charges; Novena surrounds House of Bishops’ meeting; C4M petition reaches half a million signatures]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128301</link>
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				    <title>Jesus anti public schools, says head</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[DR ANTHONY SELDON, the head of Wellington College, told a London seminar last week that Jesus would not have approved of independent schools. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[DR ANTHONY SELDON, the head of Wellington College, told a London seminar last week that Jesus would not have approved of independent schools. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128304</link>
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				    <title>Photo: United</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[On Sunday, Warren Hartley and Kieran Bohan celebrated what organisers say was the first civil partnership in a religious building. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[On Sunday, Warren Hartley and Kieran Bohan celebrated what organisers say was the first civil partnership in a religious building. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128305</link>
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				    <title>Photo: In memoriam</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Choristers in Ports­mouth Cathedral on Sunday sing for a service to re­member those killed in the Falklands conflict ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Choristers in Ports­mouth Cathedral on Sunday sing for a service to re­member those killed in the Falklands conflict ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128308</link>
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				    <title>Food-bank recipients double</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[FOOD BANKS in the UK have fed double the number of people in the past 12 months compared with the previous year.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[FOOD BANKS in the UK have fed double the number of people in the past 12 months compared with the previous year.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128311</link>
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				    <title>Overseas news in brief</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[French President-elect rejects religious divisions; Niger worst country for mothers; Resolution in diocese of Georgia]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[French President-elect rejects religious divisions; Niger worst country for mothers; Resolution in diocese of Georgia]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128290</link>
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				    <title>Theologians from South warn on aid</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THEOLOGIANS from the Global South have warned that aid initiatives that ignore the place of religion risk alienating those they are trying to help.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THEOLOGIANS from the Global South have warned that aid initiatives that ignore the place of religion risk alienating those they are trying to help.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128315</link>
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				    <title>Gunman kills two in US church</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A RECTOR and her church’s administrative assistant were killed on Thursday of last week, in shootings at an Episcopal church in Baltimore.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A RECTOR and her church’s administrative assistant were killed on Thursday of last week, in shootings at an Episcopal church in Baltimore.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128316</link>
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				    <title>Photo: All-encompassing</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A “supermoon” is visible in Rio de Janeiro, alongside the statue of Christ the Redeemer, on Sunday.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A “supermoon” is visible in Rio de Janeiro, alongside the statue of Christ the Redeemer, on Sunday.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128319</link>
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				    <title>Have you given yet?</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Have you given yet?]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Have you given yet?]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128329</link>
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				    <title>Sudanese agree to renewed talks to ease tensions</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE United Nations Security Coun­cil has issued a resolution calling on Sudan and South Sudan to end hostilities immediately, and resume negotiations by next Wednesday.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE United Nations Security Coun­cil has issued a resolution calling on Sudan and South Sudan to end hostilities immediately, and resume negotiations by next Wednesday.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128330</link>
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				    <title>For a good priest, just tick here, and here. . .</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A PRIEST should be a good pastoral leader, be loyal to but not uncritical of his or her diocese — and have read the Bible.
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				    <body><![CDATA[A PRIEST should be a good pastoral leader, be loyal to but not uncritical of his or her diocese — and have read the Bible.
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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128333</link>
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				    <title>Photo: Grief</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[An image from <i>25 Voices: Hopes and Dreams of Nagorno Karabakh</i>, spon­sored by HART.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[An image from <i>25 Voices: Hopes and Dreams of Nagorno Karabakh</i>, spon­sored by HART.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128334</link>
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				    <title>New scheme will ‘broaden horizons’</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE Government is spending £55 million on a scheme that will send 7000 young people from the UK to work alongside their peers in developing countries.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE Government is spending £55 million on a scheme that will send 7000 young people from the UK to work alongside their peers in developing countries.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128339</link>
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				    <title>Photo: Cared for</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A pilgrimage of remembrance to the site of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, outside Winchester, was due to take place yesterday evening.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A pilgrimage of remembrance to the site of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, outside Winchester, was due to take place yesterday evening.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128340</link>
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				    <title>Vineyard leader goes to Coventry</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE national director of the Vine­yard Churches was installed as an honorary canon theologian at Coventry Cathedral on Sunday.

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				    <body><![CDATA[THE national director of the Vine­yard Churches was installed as an honorary canon theologian at Coventry Cathedral on Sunday.

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				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128349</link>
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				    <title>City church glad to buzz</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[A church in central London was scheduled to hold a blessing service on Wednesday for a colony of 10,000 honey bees on its roof.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[A church in central London was scheduled to hold a blessing service on Wednesday for a colony of 10,000 honey bees on its roof.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128350</link>
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				    <title>Libya moves closer to having Islamist-led parliament</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[THE prospect that Libyans might follow the example of voters elsewhere in North Africa and opt for an Islamist-led parliament in­creased last week. ]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[THE prospect that Libyans might follow the example of voters elsewhere in North Africa and opt for an Islamist-led parliament in­creased last week. ]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128360</link>
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				    <title>Photo: Water-borne</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Georgian babies are baptised at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday.]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Georgian babies are baptised at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Sunday.]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128361</link>
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				    <title>Interview: Katharine Gray, director of friendsfirst</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[‘There’s no better feeling than when someone rings to say they’ve found someone special’]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[‘There’s no better feeling than when someone rings to say they’ve found someone special’]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128220</link>
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				    <title>Saved in the last chapter?</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[For years, fiction written specifically for Christians has tended to be safe, moralising, and twee. But it is beginning to grow up, <b>Amy Boucher Pye</b> finds]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[For years, fiction written specifically for Christians has tended to be safe, moralising, and twee. But it is beginning to grow up, <b>Amy Boucher Pye</b> finds]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128226</link>
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				    <title>Diary of a Zanzibar consecration</title> 
				    <description><![CDATA[Ely Cathedral has a link with the diocese of Zanzibar; so, when a new bishop was appointed for the spice island, <b>Alan Hargrave</b> was invited to the consecration]]></description>
				    <body><![CDATA[Ely Cathedral has a link with the diocese of Zanzibar; so, when a new bishop was appointed for the spice island, <b>Alan Hargrave</b> was invited to the consecration]]></body>
				    <link>http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/128260</link>
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