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| Pope Francis remains in hospital Pope Francis calls for a “miracle of tenderness” >> ‘No imminent danger’, but the Pope stays in hospital >> Pope’s x-ray shows continued improvement >> Pope marks 12th anniversary with cake and candles >> The Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epifaniy, has denounced “the satanic nature of Russian aggression and the dangerous ideology of the Russian world that justifies evil”.He was speaking during a visit to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in Istanbul The Jewish festival of Purim, with joyous celebrations, fancy dress and colourful parties, is celebrated this week. In Bristol, Esther and Torah scrolls were handed over from a Methodist college to Jewish stewardship. Purim factsheet is here A new Jewish organisation, The Voice of the People council, with 150 representatives from all over the world, held its inaugural meeting in Israel to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the global community. Lianne Kolirin’s report is here Former CofE director of communications, the Rev Peter Crumpler, has called on churches and other faith groups to play a key role in supporting new media titles which are replacing local newspapers that have gone out of business >> The Rev Lisa Coupland, known from the TV show “The Traitors”, is fronting a TearFund campaign in praise of women clergy. In a film released for International Women’s Day she said women are trailblazers and pioneers, cheered on by wise women who have gone before >> Jubilant scenes at Cheltenham as the parish priest of Portlaoise in Ireland celebrated his horse romping over the finishing line to win the Brown Advisory Novices Chase at odds of 20/1.Laois Today report here |
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| Assisted Dying bill removes need for judge approval >> Tell Mama faces closure after government funding cut >> Former bishop jailed for sex abuse >> Archbishop of York on ‘Lord Prayer’s Tour’ across the north of England >> Church of England politics in bishop appointment >> Sacked school chaplain wins new employment tribunal hearing >> National plan needed to protect Britain’s heritage of church buildings >> Government cap on church repair grants is “cruel” >> Catholic women called to go on strike this Lent >> No public inquiry into murder of Catholic MP Sir David Amess >> Norfolk, where a musical meets the mystical >> Apprenticeship for potential ministers in Church of Scotland >> The story of a ‘godless Jew’ now ‘at home with Anglicanism‘ >> MP raises shocking case of antisemitism in NHS >> Report on the Plymouth Brethren community in Hereford, living entirely separate lives from the rest of society >> ‘The Arts are now terrified of God’ >> Complaints at The Archers’ Ramadan storyline >> The worm moon heralding spiritual renewal >> One thousand people killed in Alawite areas in Syria >> Christians ‘among hundreds massacred’ in north-west Syria >> Campaigners urging release of Jagtar Singh Johal after one charge is dismissed >> Hindu nationalists want Mughal emperor’s grave destroyed >> US Supreme Court hears case challenging conversion therapy ban >> Televangelist fined £150,000 over ‘miracle spring water’ >> Marco Rubio’s Ash Wednesday cross angers church leader >> US evangelical protest against aid cuts >> |
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