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Government’s new Internal Market Bill ‘will undermine trust in UK’
CHURCHES in Britain have declined official comment on the Government’s UK Internal Market Bill, which passed its first parliamentary reading on Monday. Senior figures at home and abroad, however, have voiced concern about the measure, amid fears t...

Ecclesiastical Insurance ruled not liable to compensate for loss caused by Covid-19
ECCLESIASTICAL Insurance Group (EIG), the largest church insurer through its Parish Plus policies, has been deemed not liable to compensate for loss caused by Covid-19. Judgment was given this week after a test case was brought to the High Court b...

Bishops seek to influence migrant Bill
THE Prime Minister’s experience of being treated for the coronavirus by nurses from overseas should cause him to question the fairness of imposing additional taxes on migrants who work in the UK, the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Revd Christopher Ch...

Million-brick prayer wall gets green light
PLANNING permission has been given for a new national landmark which aims to profile a million answered prayers. The Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer will be built on a site near Coleshill, on the outskirts of Birmingham, and is expected to attract...

Chalice from Dark Ages found in fort
A CHALICE made of lead, dating from the sixth century, is being hailed as one of the most important finds of a Christian artefact in Western Europe. It was discovered in the remains of an early church built inside the Roman fort at Vindolanda, nea...

CDM review: Modification advocated by the Bishop at Lambeth
THE working group convened by the Bishop at Lambeth, the Rt Revd Tim Thornton, to review the CDM is working towards change “sooner rather than later”, the Bishop said this week. The CDM review group has been in close contact with the Ecclesiastica...