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  Clergy support ministry rebrands to be more inclusive of women

  With women now making up nearly a third of the clergy in the Church of England, a 364-year-old support ministry is rebranding to be more inclusive.

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  Six years in prison for Cardinal George Pell after being convicted of child sexual abuse

  Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic leader to be convicted of child sexual abuse, was today sentenced to six years in prison by Melbourne county court.

• Church Without Freedom and Rights: What awaits evangelical churches in the occupied territories of Ukraine?

  According to this law, 'the creation of a sect and expansion of sectarianism' is forbidden and subject to persecution.

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  25 years of women priests celebrated across Church of England

  It's been 25 years since the first women in the Church of England were ordained as priests and events are taking place across the country to mark the major milestone.

• Women priests 25 years on: How are we flourishing?

  The issue, it seems to me, often occurs with those who have not taken a theological stand, but simply reflect the sexism of the age.

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  World Council of Churches mourns loss of staff member in Ethiopian Airlines crash

  The World Council of Churches was today mourning the death of the Rev Norman Tendis, one of the 157 people killed in the tragic Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday.

• What's a woman's place in the Church? Lessons from 10 great female saints

  The debate over a woman's place in the Church has raged since the very outset. Rather than step into this minefield, here are 10 great women giving us all great example.

• Bishop of Wakefield: Why Christians need to find ways of generously living together

  How can the Church stay united and Christians continue to be known for their love while also disagreeing?

• Wakefield and women's ministry: CofE's reviewer finds against cathedral

  How far should a cathedral committed to the equal ministry of men and women go in accommodating faithful Anglicans who don't agree?

• Former Archbishop of York John Habgood dies aged 81

  He served as the Church of England's second most senior archbishop from 1983-1995, having formerly served as Bishop of Durham.

• Pope replies to million-dollar challenge to go vegan for Lent

  The Pope has replied to a vegan campaign offering him a million dollars to give up meat and animal products during Lent.

• French cardinal found guilty of failing to act on sex abuse allegations

  Barbarin is the highest-profile cleric to be caught up in the child sex abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church in France.

• Church 'not afraid of history': Pope Francis to open secret wartime archives

  Many Jews say Pius, who reigned from 1939 to 1958, did not do enough to help those facing persecution by Nazi Germany.

• GAFCON gathering claims 'sense of betrayal' at liberal Anglican teaching

  A gathering of conservative Anglicans organised by the former Bishop of Rochester, Michael Nazir-Ali, has called for liberal bishops not to be invited to the 2020 Lambeth Conference.

• Now CofE's Iranian Christians can celebrate Communion in their own language

  The new Farsi liturgy was authorised by the CofE's House of Bishops and features English and Farsi versions side by side.