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Among the snippets this week: Causes of global hunger must be addressed, says Pope, and WCC concerned over EU curbs on protections for migrants

26 Jun 2026

Bishops protest at detention of second Palestinian Christian student in West Bank

AFTER the “violent arrest and detention” by Israel of another Palestinian Christian in Birzeit, in the West Bank, four diocesan bishops have written that “administrative detention is a cruel penal system that is ripe for abuse and maltreatment”

09 Jun 2026

Sudanese are struggling, Anglican priest warns

THE son of an Anglican bishop is believed to be the only Christian pastor in Tawila, once a small market town in North Darfur and now hosting more refugees than most European capitals

05 Jun 2026

No nation can win a nuclear war

17 Apr 2026

Israel’s lightning raids on Lebanese population widely condemned

10 Apr 2026

Anglican Alliance resource helps churches respond to refugee crisis

07 Apr 2026

South Sudan is in ‘polycrisis’ says World Vision

02 Apr 2026

Patriarch Kirill praises Putin’s ‘daring’ Ukraine raids

02 Apr 2026

Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children condemned

27 Mar 2026

Vatican hopes for end to surrogacy ‘in all its forms’

18 Mar 2026

Relief agencies warn of growing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon

17 Mar 2026

Anglican Church in Iran ‘hanging by a thread’ says Bishop of Chelmsford

16 Mar 2026

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The Diocese of Ipswich and St Edmundsbury’s Mission and Ministry Team seeks to support the making of new disciples of all ages in both parish churches and fresh expressions of church.

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World news in brief

Bishops protest at detention of second Palestinian Christian student in West Bank

Sudanese are struggling, Anglican priest warns

No nation can win a nuclear war

Israel’s lightning raids on Lebanese population widely condemned

Anglican Alliance resource helps churches respond to refugee crisis

South Sudan is in ‘polycrisis’ says World Vision

Patriarch Kirill praises Putin’s ‘daring’ Ukraine raids

Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children condemned

Vatican hopes for end to surrogacy ‘in all its forms’

Relief agencies warn of growing humanitarian crisis in Lebanon

Anglican Church in Iran ‘hanging by a thread’ says Bishop of Chelmsford

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London priest prohibited from ministry after affair with his lodger

Does the multi-church parish make sense?

Podcast: How Andy Burnham’s religion shapes his politics

Archdiocese of Birmingham to cut parishes in face of clergy shortages and dwindling vocations

Bishop of Salisbury referred to National Safeguarding Team

London priest prohibited from ministry after affair with his lodger

Bishop of Salisbury referred to National Safeguarding Team

Ombudsman called in by priest after community centre hit by £17k bill

Angela Tilby: How clergy dress sends a message

How best to recruit a new parish priest

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0.5 Interim Priest-in-Charge

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