Historic bishop, historic visit … England’s first black Jamaica-born bishop celebrated in the US

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BOOK FOCUS – stop the predators of the Amazonian rain forest

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Australian Bishop vows to test church ban on same-sex marriage

Numbers up at both Knock and Lough Derg

Trust Seeks Millions to Save Britain’s Last Large Bell Foundry

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UK Prime Minister issues pledge to champion religious freedoms

Nine hundred delegates to attend Derry conference on religious education

Gathering in Glasgow set to explore conflict and faith

Senior Research Fellow post at Oxford for NT Wright

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PRESS FOCUS – Direct provision contributes to growth in racism, says Catholic bishop

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Former Irish president Mary McAleese wins prestigious Catholic theology prize

Episcopalians on Pilgrimage for Racial Justice across Virginia, confront horrors of slavery, seek healing

In the heavy, humid evening air, dozens of people streamed through the gates of the Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery in Alexandria’s Old Town district last week for the first event of the Pilgrimage for Racial Justice.

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This week in Christian History

Short review of major events

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Knock commemorates 140th Anniversary of Apparition

Thousands expected to protest Westminster abortion move

61 NGOs warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar and call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns

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PRESS FOCUS – An Open Letter Response to Harold Good