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 31 July 2011 - web link

Vatican accuses Enda Kenny of attacking the Church to divert attention from euro crisis
Vatican officials have accused Enda Kenny, Ireland's prime minister, of diverting attention away from the Irish euro crisis by attacking the Roman Catholic Church over its covering up of sex abuse. Daily Telegraph. 29 July 2011.

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 31 July 2011 - web link

Buying a sisal bag can make a real difference to Africa's starving millions
Already many are trading their way out of poverty and hunger  there is scope for far more to do so, says the archbishop of York John Sentamu. Observer. 31 July 2011.

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 31 July 2011 - web link

The Vatican response to the child abuse row in Ireland looks like repentance-lite
The withdrawal of the papal nuncio undermines the pope's apology to the Irish people over paedophile priests. George Pitcher. Guardian 29 July 2011.

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 31 July 2011 - web link

One year on, where is the fairy-tale ending for Chile's miners?
The ordeal of Los 33 began on 5 August last year. One of them, Jose Henriquez, talks exclusively to Kunal Dutta after their dramatic rescue. 'As a miner, you become used to accidents. You sometimes even come close to death. But what transpired a year ago was more than that: it united five continents in prayer and fasting, and irrevocably changed the direction of my life.' Kunal Dutta. Independent on Sunday.

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 30 July 2011 - web link

British institutions: The Church of England
by Matthew Engel, The Financial Times, 29 July 2011

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 29 July 2011 - web link

John Stott: Preacher and writer who exerted a colossal influence on evangelical Christianity
Few churchmen become the subjects of doctoral theses. The life and influence of John Stott, Chaplain to the Queen, university missioner on six continents, and statesman theologian, has attracted original research. His name appeared in Time magazine in April 2005 in the company of Condoleezza Rice and Oprah Winfrey as "one of the 100 most influential figures in the world". A New York Times op ed that year declared that if evangelicals could elect a pope, Stott would be that man.Obituary by Julia Cameron. Independent. 29 July 2011.

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 29 July 2011 - web link

John Stott: 'gracious and kind'
THE Archbishop of Canterbury paid tribute yesterday to the Revd Dr John Stott, a former Rector of All Souls', Langham Place, in London, who died on Wednesday, aged 90. Dr Williams described him as 'a man of rare graciousness and deep personal kindness',who 'helped to change the face of Evangelicalism internationally'. Ed Thornton. Church Times.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

Anglican evangelist, biblical scholar John Stott dies
Anglican evangelist, author and biblical scholar John Stott died July 27 in England. Stott, 90, retired from public ministry in 2007. He spent his retirement in the College of St. Barnabas, a residence for retired Anglican clergy in Lingfield. Episcopal News Service. 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

The 'real' future for Christians in the Holy Land
In mid-July some 90 religious, political, and media representatives gathered at London's Lambeth Palace at the behest of Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, to discuss in conference the situation of Christians in the Holy Land. Vicki Gray. ENS. 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

The Rev John Stott obituary - From the Guardian
Though the name of the Rev John Stott, who has died at the age of 90, rarely appeared in the UK national press, in April 2005 Time Magazine placed him among the world's top 100 major influencers. A comment piece in the New York Times six months earlier had expressed surprise that he was ignored by the press, since he was a more authentic advocate for evangelical Christianity than more colourful figures such as Jerry Falwell. David Turner. Guardian 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

The Rev John Stott - Obituary in Daily Telegraph.
The Reverend John Stott, who died on July 27 aged 90, was one of the most influential Anglican clergymen of the 20th century ; indeed, in 2005 Time magazine declared him to be one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Daily Telegraph. 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

Archbishop of Canterbury remembers John Stott
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, remembers the life of the Revd John Stott, and has delivered the following tribute in response to news of his death last night.Archbishop's website. 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

Message from Chris Wright (International Director - Langham Partnership) about John Stott
It will not be possible to write the history of the church in the 20th century without reference to John Stott. His remarkable ministry spanned the whole of the second half of the century and even in his eighties he was making an impact on the 21st.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

New Director of Ministry for Church of England announced
The Venerable Julian Hubbard, Archdeacon of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford since 2005, is to be the Archbishops' Council's new Director of Ministry. He succeeds the Ven Christopher Lowson, who will become Bishop of Lincoln in September 2011. Church of England website. 14 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

Evangelical great, John Stott, dies at 90
One of the most significant evangelical leaders of the 20th century, John Stott, has died. Christian Today 28 July 2011.

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 28 July 2011 - web link

Sydney: Prayers unanswered as Anglicans brace for more cuts
THE Anglican Church's Sydney diocese faces another year of belt tightening and cuts to community services after its investment arm warned of a 'substantial reduction' in its annual payout. By Matt O'Sullivan, Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 2011

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 28 July 2011 - web link

BBC on John Stott
Dr Stott's wide-ranging influence came partly from more than 50 books which helped to explain complex theology in a way lay people could easily understand. The BBC's Robert Pigott said Dr Stott was good at simply expressing "the complexities of theology". BBC 28 July 2011

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 28 July 2011 - web link

New York Times on John Stott
Though less known in the United States and hardly a household name outside the evangelical sphere, Mr. Stott, an author, preacher and theologian, was often compared to the Rev. Billy Graham, his American contemporary. By Wolfgang Saxon, 28 July 2011

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 27 July 2011 - web link

John Stott Has Died
An architect of 20th-century evangelicalism shaped the faith of a generation. By Tim Stafford, Christianity Today, 27 July 2011

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 27 July 2011 - web link

Tributes to John Stott who died today
The Revd Dr Preb John Robert Walmsley Stott, CBE(27 April 1921 -27th July 2011). Tributes from All Soul's Langham Place website, 37 July 2011

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 27 July 2011 - web link

From Priest to Pirate
The Vicar of All Saints, Harrow Weald, the Revd James Mercer, recently underwent radical transformation. One moment a respectable priest, the next a louche pirate, complete with Jack Sparrow hair and platted beard. The transformation was worked by Brenda Leedham, the gifted former Head of Wigs and Make Up at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. London diocesan news, 27 July 2011

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 27 July 2011 - web link

Surprise, Surprise... Cameron's ﾣ2m a year 'happiness survey' discovers what we all knew: What matters to most Britons is health, family and relationships
Eight months of intensive work by civil servants and statisticians has uncovered a 'top five' of subjects that matter most to people: health, family and relationships, work, the environment and education. Steve Doughty. Daily Mail. 26 July 2011.

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 27 July 2011 - web link

Anders Breivik is not Christian but anti-Islam
The Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who shot dead more than 90 young socialists at their summer camp on Friday after mounting a huge bomb attack on the centre of Oslo, has been described as a fundamentalist Christian. Yet he published enough of his thoughts on the internet to make it clear that even in his saner moments his ideology had nothing to do with Christianity but was based on an atavistic horror of Muslims and a loathing of 'Marxists',by which he meant anyone to the left of Genghis Khan. Andrew Brown. Guardian. Comment is Free. 24 July 2011.

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 27 July 2011 - web link

Is Ireland divorcing from the Catholic Church?
Our Irish parents and grandparents would find astonishing the acidly anti-clerical views expressed in the Republic of Ireland today. The land that once called itself a foremost Catholic nation and most loyal ally of the Holy Father is awash with sentiments that seem to veer between Ulster Paisleyism and the Spanish republicanism of the 1930s. Mary Kenny. Daily Telegraph. 26 July 2011.

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 27 July 2011 - web link

Rwanda: Send a Cow Gives Friesians to Eastern Province
Send a Cow, a UK based charity organization has donated 53 Friesian cows to residents of Rwamagana and KayonzaDistricts. Stephen Rwembeho, All Africa, 24 July 2011

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