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 21 February 2012 - web link

Gay marriage: David Cameron faces church backlash over 'cultural vandalism'
David Cameron was accused of planning an 'Orwellian' act of 'cultural vandalism' by an alliance of bishops, Tory MPs and legal figures yesterday over his plans to allow homosexual couples to marry. John Bingham. Daily Telegraph. 20 February 2012.

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 21 February 2012 - web link

Poisoned spring: revolution brings Tunisia more fear than freedom
The hopes vested in last year's uprising have ended in continued censorship, growing intolerance and unemployment, says Robert Fisk in Tunis Independent. 21 February 2012

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 20 February 2012 - web link

Pickles restores prayer to councils
The High Court ban on prayers at council meetings has effectively been overturned by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Christian Today. 18 February 2012.

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 20 February 2012 - web link

Christian launches Sunday working legal claim
A devout Christian is to launch legal action claiming she was forced from her job caring for disabled children because she refused to work on Sundays. David Barrett. Daily Telegraph. 20 February 2012.

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 19 February 2012 - web link

Africa: Call for Participants From Continent to Apply for the Peacebuilders' Exchange
The Anglican Alliance is calling for applications from young Anglican peacebuilders in Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Zimbabwe to take part in a unique workshop on conflict resolution in the UK in July. All Africa 17 February 2012

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 19 February 2012 - web link

Christian launches Sunday working legal claim
A devout Christian is to launch legal action claiming she was forced from her job caring for disabled children because she refused to work on Sundays. Sunday Teloegraph, 19 February 2012

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 19 February 2012 - web link

Pickles restores prayer to councils
The High Court ban on prayers at council meetings has effectively been overturned by Communities Secretary Eric Pickles. Christian Today, 18 February 2012

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Bideford Town Council to appeal against prayers ban
A council which was found to have acted unlawfully by holding prayers at meetings will appeal against the ruling. BBC 16 February 2012

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 17 February 2012 - web link

New Digital Formation program focuses on mission and outreach
The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is working with the Office of Communication of the churchs denominational headquarters on a new education program called Digital Formation.The goal is to help clergy and lay leaders throughout the Episcopal Church appreciate the importance of understanding the use and effects of social media in the church as well as its theological foundations and implications ACNS 13 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Militant secularists fail to understand the rules of secular debate
Angry nonbelievers assume 'the religious' have no access to reason - so all they do is repeat themselves, loudly Andrew Brown. Comment is Free. Guardian.16 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

So, how can bankers live with themselves?
Many bankers see themselves as part of a global elite - spaceship finance - with little sense of national belonging Joris Luyendijk. Guardian 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Nuns from the order that inspired 'Call the Midwife' never miss a show
At home with the midwife Sisters who delivered a TV hit. Sarah Rainey. 16 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

RE under threat in schools, MPs claim
The future of religious education in schools is under threat as a result of government reforms, MPs have said. Daily Telegraph 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Christians 'aren't above the law', says equalities chief Trevor Phillips
Christians who want to be exempt from equality legislation are like Muslims trying to impose sharia on Britain, Trevor Phillips, the human rights watchdog, has declared. John Bingham and Tim Ross. Daily Telegraph. 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Athens protesters are those hit hardest, priest says
THE violence and looting in central Athens on Sunday night was carried out by 'young men on the rampage', the senior chaplain at St Paul's, Athens, Canon Malcolm Bradshaw, said on Tuesday. Ed Thornton. Church Times 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Queen defends C of E
THE Queen said on Wednesday that the Church of England was 'commonly under-appreciated',and she assured non-Christian faiths of ,the protection of our Established Church'.Ed Thornton. Church Times 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Christians in Syria fear civil war and regime change
CHRISTIANS worldwide should pray for comprehensive dialogue as the only way of ending the violence in Syria, said the Revd Nadim Nassar, the Syrian-born director of the Awareness Foundation in London. Church Times. 17 February 2012.

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 17 February 2012 - web link

Bishops rally to defend prayer in public
ONLY a 'tiny minority' of counﾭcillors object to the saying of prayers at local council meetings, the Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish, said on Tuesday. Ed Thornton. Church Times 17 February 2012.

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 16 February 2012 - web link

What does the Dawkins -IPSOS/MORI Poll 14 tell us about UK Christianity?
For detailed analysis download document here: http://www.churcharmy.org.uk/ms/sc/Evangelism/sfc_tomorrows_evangelism.aspx By Rev Steve Hollinghurst, Church Army, 16 February 2012

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 15 February 2012 - web link

Analysis: Iran decides to give its Western adversaries a taste of their own medicine
Journalists call it "sticks and carrots"; diplomats prefer "pressure and engagement". Whatever phrase is used to sum up the West's approach towards Iran, the Islamic Republic's leadership has clearly decided to respond in kind and give its adversaries a taste of their own medicine. Daivd Blair. Daily Telegraph. 15 February 2012.

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 15 February 2012 - web link

Audience with pope brought exchange of gifts and ideas, says Lady Warsi
Cabinet Office minister cites positive papal feedback during short meeting on faith, international aid and climate change Tom Kington. Guardian. 15 February 2012.

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 15 February 2012 - web link

Thank God for Baroness Warsi - a Muslim with the courage to defend our Christian nation
It's St. Valentine's Day and I think I'm falling in love with Baroness Warsi. Okay, I haven't sent her roses, nor yet wandered listlessly into the woods and carved Sayeeda in an old oak. But she is developing a very becoming capacity for speaking beautifully about religion. George Pitcher. Mail online 14 February 2012.

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 15 February 2012 - web link

Queen highlights Church of England's duty to all faiths
The Queen has spoken of her belief that the Church of England has "a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths" in the UK. BBC website. 15 February 2012

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 15 February 2012 - web link

Special report: The hungry generation
More than half of the world's children are too malnourished to grow properly, a major new investigation reveals Paul Valleley. Independent. 15 February 2012.

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 15 February 2012 - web link

No secularism please, we're British
Arguments about the role of religion in national life have recently acquired a new urgency. Peter Popham reports on a modern version of an old debate Peter Popham. Independent. 15 February 2012.

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