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Flotation of the Virgin flags up River Wye’s impurity
A SCULPTURE of the Virgin Mary has travelled 75 miles on two canoes down the River Wye this week, to raise awareness about pollution. The journey of Our Lady of the Waters and the Wye began on Monday, the feast of the Assumption, at Hay-on-Wye, Wa...

Expect drought impact to spread, says rural officer
HOUSEHOLDS are facing a frugal Christmas as a consequence of the drought, one diocesan rural-affairs officer has warned. “It will affect food prices, and things like Christmas greens will be in short supply,” Chris Batt, the rural-affairs officer ...

Gafcon forms new diocese in Australia — and is welcomed by the Archbishop of Sydney
A FORMER Archbishop of Sydney, Dr Glenn Davies, has been named as the first bishop of a new Gafcon diocese in Australia. The creation of the Diocese of the Southern Cross was announced on Monday at the inaugural Gafcon Australasia Conference, held...

West must help Afghanistan despite Taliban misrule, says aid agency
THE Afghan people cannot be abandoned to their fate, Christian Aid has said — one year after the Taliban overthrew the elected government (News, 20 August 2021). The international development charity said on the anniversary on Monday that the next...

Archbishop Welby appalled by attack on Rushdie and threats against Rowling
THE Archbishop of Canterbury has defended free speech after the attack on Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed repeatedly during a public event in New York on Friday. And he called the death threats made against J. K. Rowling after she tweeted her supp...

Condolences sent to Coptic Church after Egyptian blaze kills worshippers
CHURCH leaders around the world have expressed horror and sorrow for the victims of an electrical fire which swept through an Egyptian Coptic Christian church during the Sunday morning eucharist. At least 41 people were killed as people attempted ...