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Accolades for the administrators THE former Bishop of Durham, the Rt Revd Michael Turnbull, who, as chairman of the Archbishops Commission that produced the report Working as One Body... Subscriber only	Asylum-seekers 'treated in unchristian' way THE WAY Britain treats its asylum-seekers is not Christian, a document from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) said this week. The publics... Subscriber only	Bishops put pressure on Dr John to rethink NINE BISHOPS this week signed an open letter objecting to the appointment of Canon Dr Jeffrey John as the next Bishop of Reading, in Oxford diocese. (See... Subscriber only

Convention will vote on election of US gay bishop THE PRESIDING Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA), the Most Revd Frank Griswold, has urged his fellow bishops to respect the action... Subscriber only	Dioceses back unity Covenant AROUND 1700 PEOPLE celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley in Lincoln Cathedral on Tuesday, after Anglican dioceses and Methodist... Subscriber only	RC priest is under ban for breaching ecumenical rule A ROMAN CATHOLIC priest, Fr Berhard Kroll, who received communion from a Protestant pastor at the Kirchentag ecumenical congress in Berlin last month... Subscriber only

Scots vote for women bishops SCOTLAND has become the eighth and latest province of the Anglican Communion to accept the principle of women bishops. Last Thursday, the General... Subscriber only	Church Times Cricket Cup: Teams take places in quarter-finals MORE teams came through this week to join Gloucester in the quarter-finals of the Church Times Cricket Cup. Bath & Wells secured their place with a win... Subscriber only

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