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Angry fathers plan St Paul’s protest FATHERS 4 JUSTICE, a group of fathers campaigning for equal access to children after a separation, plans to put 100 men on to the roof of St Paul’s Cathedral... Subscriber only	Bishops vote against slapping THREE BISHOPS put their weight behind the move for a total ban on slapping children except in emergencies which failed in the Lords on Monday. Subscriber only	Blunkett sets hopes on new hatred ban RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS — “from far-right Evangelical Christians to extremists in the Islamic faith” — are a scourge of modern society, the Home Secretary... Subscriber only

Bush woos Christian right CHURCHGOERS in the United States are being asked to pass on membership lists to President Bush’s re-election campaign and to distribute political guides... Subscriber only	Discrimination is subtle, warn women bishops THE momentum over the ordination of women in the Church of England and the campaign to appoint women to the episcopate is in danger of being lost because... Subscriber only	Do as Buffy did, says author Fans of the popular American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer are being encouraged to learn moral and spiritual lessons from it. Subscriber only

Downwards from here The Temptation and the Fall of Eve by William Blake is included in a new exhibition, “Paradise Lost, the poem and its illustrators”. Subscriber only	Dr Williams proposes plan for eco-justice THE Archbishop of Canterbury has given his support to a campaign to avert a global ecological crisis that could, he says, put our viability as a species... Subscriber only	Drumcree parade is low-key THE Portadown Orangemen’s church parade at Drumcree took place amid relative calm on Sunday for the second year running. Subscriber only

Girl was buried, but lived A VICTIM of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) is to tell her story of rape, starvation and escape on The Oprah Winfrey Show next Thursday Subscriber only	Growing justice Christian Aid’s exhibit, "Seeds of Hope", has won the Tudor Rose Award for the best Gold Medal show garden at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Subscriber only	In court tomorrow THE VICAR and churchwardens of St Mary and All Saints, Trentham, are to appear before Lichfield Consistory Court tomorrow Subscriber only

Lambeth DD for Bishop Stancliffe THE Archbishop of Canterbury is to award Lambeth doctorates in the autumn in recognition of achievements in liturgiology, interfaith relations, and librarianship... Subscriber only	Minister to rule on grave overcrowding RE-USING old graves is one of the Government’s proposals for tackling the problem of overcrowded cemeteries. Subscriber only	News in brief Archbishop to visit Melanesia; Race commission ‘dismayed’ at statistics; Church-planting: call for permissiveness; New street ministry for Manchester... Subscriber only

Preferred: Dr Jeffrey John Dr Jeffrey John was installed as Dean of St Albans last Friday. Subscriber only	Priests ask for women bishops THE campaigning group Priests for Women Bishops (PWB) is presenting a 1000-signature petition at General Synod this weekend. Subscriber only	Ringer is injured AN experienced Scottish bell-ringer was lifted from the ground when a rope became entangled round her neck in a freak accident. Subscriber only

See of Guildford is filled THE next Bishop of Guildford is to be the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, Bishop of Stafford in Lichfield diocese since 1996, it was announced on Tuesday. Subscriber only	Semi-final upset COVENTRY and Wakefield won through to the semi-final stage of the Church Times Cricket Cup this week. Subscriber only	Selling the ring of continence Pat Ashworth sees how it goes down with teenagers in Hyde Subscriber only

Women hit harder than men by AIDS in Africa YOUNG WOMEN are being hit harder than men by HIV/AIDS. Subscriber only

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