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  Anglicans and Catholics come together to back Christian Heritage Centre revamp

  Two Anglican bishops are backing a Catholic retreat centre in Lancashire, based around the oldest surviving museum collection in the English speaking world.

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  Clergy to receive training to cope with terror attacks

  Church of England clergy will be given training in how to cope with the aftermath of a terror attack and disasters such as the Grenfell Tower fire.

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  St Helen's Bishopgate in split with local Anglican churches over sexuality

  One of the largest evangelical churches in London is withdrawing itself from relations with neighbouring Anglican churches over irreconcilable differences on their teaching on sexuality.

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  Rival Anglican church in UK ordains nine new clergy in controversial service

  A splinter Anglican group in the UK ordained its own clergy for the first time on Thursday night at a service in east London.

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  Pope Francis wants to change the Lord's Prayer – but has he got his Greek wrong?

  Pope Francis has encouraged Catholics to make a change to the Lord's Prayer, saying that the current form wrongly implies that God can lead humankind 'into temptation'. But looking at the original Greek prayer, is he right?

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  World Evangelical Alliance under fire for too close links with Roman Catholic Church

  The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) is under pressure from member bodies in Catholic majority countries accusing it of abandoning its historic opposition to Roman Catholicism and theological liberalism.

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  Not the Virgin Birth: Why Christians get confused about the 'Immaculate Conception' of Mary

  Today is the feast of the Immaculate Conception in the Catholic Church. It's a notable occasion not only as a marker of Marian theology, but also because the 'immaculate conception' is still confused on a regular basis with something similar but crucially different – the virgin birth of Christ.

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  Second coming of Christ nearer after Trump's decision on Jerusalem, claims US pastor

  Evangelical leaders in America are claiming the end of the world is nearing after Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

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  Speaking to truth to power: the bold Christian legacy of Ambrose of Milan

  Today is the Feast Day of Saint Ambrose of Milan, a 4th-century scholar, statesman and Church Father who inspired politicians and theologians alike.

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  'Sadistic' Catholic priest found guilty of historic sex abuse at London school

  A former Roman Catholic priest has been found guilty of sexually abusing boys at the London private school were he taught in the 1970s and 80s.

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  Disgraced sex abuse bishop Peter Ball set to join Catholic Church after 'battering' by Church of England

  A disgraced Anglican bishop jailed for sex offences is looking to join the Catholic Church to 'live and worship in anonymity' after he was released from prison.

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  Catholic schools 'completely failed' to protect children, abuse inquiry finds

  A Catholic diocese in Australia is being accused on a 'catastrophic failure in leadership' in a damning report into its handling of child sex abuse by priests.

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  Can there be a meeting of minds between charismatic and liturgical traditions?

  Is it possible to be a liturgical charismatic? Surely it's a contradiction in terms: either you're a freewheeling lover of Matt Redman et al, or you do it by the book.

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  Dean of St Paul's calls for 'compromised' bishops to lose responsibility for safeguarding

  One of the Church of England's most senior clergy has called for a radical overhaul in how the Church deals with issues of safeguarding.

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  Cassock chasers and compromised clergy: A response to abuse in the Church

  The lack of trust generated by many years of poor practice in the Church needs a more urgent and radical response than has happened so far.