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Outstanding The winners of the Art and Christianity Enquiry (ACE) Awards for Religious Art and Architecture were announced on Wednesday evening . Subscriber only	Reform plans campaign of intrusions PLANS for irregular action in parishes where diocesan bishops "fail to confront error" were advanced at the national conference of the campaigning group... Subscriber only	Secularist 'nonsense' rebuked SECULARISTS who play down Christmas to avoid offending followers of non-Christian faiths are talking "nonsense", the Archbishop of Canterbury said this... Subscriber only

Welcomed The Ecumenical Patriarch, His All-Holiness Bartholomew, reached Lambeth Palace. Subscriber only	Shops ask for more hours on Sundays The Government announced this week that it would undertake a cost-benefit analysis that could allow supermarkets to remain open on Sundays from 9 a.m... Subscriber only	Report: 'The state must support children more' THE AGE of criminal responsibility should be raised from ten to 12, and parents should not be allowed to use the defence of "reasonable chastisement... Subscriber only

Without shelter, '350,000 will die' MORE than a month after the South Asian earthquake, 350,000 could soon freeze to death in remote parts of Kashmir, the United Nations has warned. Subscriber only	After-service chat The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall talked to the Revd Tom Brindley at St Columba's, Inverness. Subscriber only	New evidence proves Mr Lister not guilty THE Diocesan Director of Education for Lichfield diocese, the Revd Peter Lister, was cleared on Monday at Newcastle upon Tyne Crown Court of sexually... Subscriber only

Hard labour Israeli prisoners are cleaning a mosaic floor dating to the third or fourth century. Subscriber only	News in Brief Shouting out; New suffragans for Plymouth and Sherwood; Bishop denounces Assisted Dying Bill; Primus to retire; Gosnold mystery remains; Minor amendments... Subscriber only	Strangled Bethlehem issues passport THE mayor of Bethlehem launched a Bethlehem passport in London on Wednesday as his city fought back against becoming a "prison" for its 160,000 inhabitants... Subscriber only

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