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BBC 'needs religious guarantee' THE BBC should guarantee that Britain's religious life was fully acknowledged, a group of Christian, Muslim, Hindu, and Sikh leaders told the House of... Subscriber only	Fantastic light An installation is being projected on to the west front of York Minster until tomorrow. Subscriber only	Old hymns still get into top ten THE HYMN "How great thou art" has topped a BBC poll of favourite hymns voted on by tens of thousands of Songs of Praise viewers. Subscriber only

Priest ordered out of Eritrea THE only Anglican priest in Eritrea has been ordered to leave the country. Subscriber only	School-sale verdict sends shiver up dioceses’ spine THE DIOCESE of Canterbury is counting the cost of a failed attempt to hold on to the proceeds of the sale of a Church of England school in Maidstone. Subscriber only	On the Rock Young dancers and an array of bishops ... Subscriber only

‘Peace is possible only through God’s love’ An edited extract from a sermon by the Bishop of Coventry, the Rt Revd Colin Bennetts (above), delivered in German at the consecration of the restored... Subscriber only	Swedish Church votes for same-sex blessings THE SYNOD of the Church of Sweden, one of the Communion of Porvoo Churches, has voted to allow same-sex relationships to be blessed in church. Subscriber only	Trust fears for old churches THE Churches Conservation Trust (CCT) is urging communities to take over failing churches, in response to the freeze on government funds. Subscriber only

There's hope in bad behaviour THE BETTER the Church does its job, the worse children in church will behave, a Sunday-school expert predicted this week. Subscriber only	News in brief Priest stabbed on parish visit; Sexuality facilitator appointed; Rosa Parks revered; ID cards warning; Evangelicals ‘can agree to differ’; Lambeth library... Subscriber only	Church ownership stays . . . uncertain THE THREAT to shift the historic ownership of England’s 16,000 churches from parishes to dioceses has been lifted, after a working group decided that... Subscriber only

Canterbury defence rejected THE CHURCH of England suffered an important defeat in the House of Lords last week, when five Law Lords ruled unanimously that the descendants of the... Subscriber only

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