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NEWS MAGAZINE – Christian parents of boy rescued from Thai cave

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Jimmy Carter: ‘Jesus would approve of gay marriage’ but not abortions

NEWS FOCUS – C of E announces 100 new churches in £27 million growth programme

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Bishop Nulty warns on impact of rising fuel costs on vulnerable families

NEWS FOCUS – Ideology and mixed messages: The German campaign for Communion for Protestants

The move by German bishops to admit Protestant spouses in mixed marriages to Holy Communion has taken a dramatic new twist, writes Jon Anderson in the Catholic Herald.

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Pope’s Irish home being cleared by Jesuits for possible sale

NEWS FOCUS – Presiding Bishop urges Episcopalians to embrace ‘Way of Love’ for spiritual growth

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Renowned Lisburn hymn writer Keith Getty receives OBE

NEWS FOCUS – New Lambeth Palace Library key to preserving Anglican history

Work has begun on a new library to house the biggest collection of religious works in the world, outside the Vatican.

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NEWS MAGAZINE – C of E Synod rescheduled due to World Cup match

BOOK SPOT – Exploring Enniskillen’s ‘little gem’ of a convent

The striking Convent Chapel at Mount Lourdes Grammar School in Enniskillen is an important part of the town's cultural and historical heritage

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NEWS FOCUS – Top Presbyterian members sign letter criticising same-sex ruling

More than 230 influential members of the Presbyterian Church have put their names to a letter critical of the General Assembly's ruling on same-sex relationships, David Young reports in the Belfast Telegraph, July 6, 2018

NEWS MAGAZINE – C of E warmly welcome ban on ‘conversion therapy’

NEWS FOCUS – 47,000 injured in the Troubles risk becoming forgotten tribe

As the Northern Ireland Office invites you to tell it how you want the government to deal with the legacy of the Troubles, Ulster Unionist MLA and former Victims Commissioner Mike Nesbitt shares his concerns about the new bodies proposed in the consultation document, Mike Nesbitt writes in the Belfast Telegraph

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Service of Remembrance for the children of the Bethany Home

NEWS FOCUS – Respecting conscience would relieve alienation between Irish Presbyterian and sister churches

If respect were shown to conscience, it would relieve growing alienation between PCI and her sister churches, writes Rev Eric G McKimmon in the News Letter

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NEW FOCUS – ‘Wilfully schismatic’ movement supports submission of women to men

Global Anglican Future Conference (Gafcon) believes in ‘conversion therapy’ for gay people, with its toxic, destructive results, writes Canon Marie Rowley-Brooke in the Irish Times

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NEWS MAGAZINE – Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church reaches out to LGBT people

NEWS FOCUS – Former moderator: Presbyterian theology ‘redo’ could address LGBT difficulties

As Christians once had to “redo” the theology around the Earth’s position within the Universe, then perhaps similar thinking could be brought to bear on the same-sex relationships issue, a former Presbyterian moderator has said.

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