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Take this bread...
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori gives communion during the Episcopal service of repentance.
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Last man standing
Foreman Luis Urzua, credited with rationing food and helping the miners to stay positive, was the final miner to emerge. Reuter photo.
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'Let's not play the blame game'
Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor: "If there has to be a 'conversion', then I always start with myself." Picture: Philip Hollis.
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Standoff
Masked youths defy police in Tottenham.
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Cairo churches attacked
Churches blaze in Cairo as mobs turn against Christians. Photo: AP
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Terror strikes church
Iraqi Christians carry the coffin of a relative killed at the Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad. Photo: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images
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Pope backs heterosexual lifestyles
Pope Benedict: urged respect for the "nature of the human being as man and woman."
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The high and the mighty
Mary MacKillop watches from on high as the Pope arrives to canonise her.
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Father, son and holy archbishop
Catholics all: Fr Dominic (left) and Fr Ron (right) with Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Birmingham. Picture, News Team Int.
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Mountains to move
A pile of flood debris on the roadside at Grantham.
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Oratory stems from the pulpit
Barack Obama: employs all the rhetorical flourishes of a black preacher.
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Ministry of healing
Canadian Red Cross nurse Suzanne Puzo removes bandages from Danise Diverge, 10, in Croix Desprez, Port-au-Prince.
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Prayers for Egypt's dead
Egyptian Coptic Christian priests say prayers for those killed in clashes between Muslims and Christians. Photo: EPA
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Glasgow mass
Pope Benedict celebrates mass in Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images
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Grantham says thanks
"Thanks for the help and support". A message from Grantham to the wider world.
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Hillary Clinton joins cathedral celebration
Dean James Kowalski and Senator Hillary Clinton at the rededication of St John the Divine.
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Walking the talk
Barack Obama and George Bush: working towards a tidy handover of power.
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Divine rededication
The Cathedral Church of St John the Divine is rededicated after a five-year restoration. Photo: New York Times.
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Church and State confer
Gordon Brown compares notes with Rowan Williams. Photo: Lewis Whyld/PA
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Flowers of mourning
Flowers are placed in Oslo in response to the killings in Norway.
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Pastor tense
Pastor Terry Jones: Burned but unrepentant.
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Standing Committee gathers at Lambeth
Members of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates and the Anglican Consultative Council at Lambeth Palace on November 24.
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Pitching in
Jean Malcolm at St Gabriel's Grantham - with Darren and Jack, two Gold Coasters who'd also come looking to help where they could.
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On the crest of a wave
Church leaders gather for the launch of the London Wave campaign.
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Speaking up for women
Rowan Williams taking part in the Church of England debate on women bishops.
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Prizewinners in forgiveness
Loved the world over: Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama.
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Atheists hit the road
Buses in the UK have been pressed into service by non-believers.
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Apostles come to light
Early artworks revealed in a catacomb in Rome.
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Dancing for the world
Song and dance at the 2010 Edinburgh conference on mission.
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Inter-faith exchange
Bishop Josiah Idowa-Fearon of Kaduna, Nigeria and Prince Ghazi bun Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan at Lambeth Palace.
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Brothers pick through the ashes
International monastery reduced to ashes by California fires. Picture, Los Angeles Times.
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'Respected and courageous'
The Bishop of Harare, Sebastian Bakare.
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The red team
Cardinals attending the canonisation of Mary MacKillop in Rome.
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Preacher in the White House
Barack Obama: in some eyes, a new messiah.
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'Our sin leads to ecological disaster'
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: "All are crying for reconciliation and atonement."
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The Obamas at prayer
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Washington Bishop John Chane process into the National Prayer Service.
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Rallying to a new church
Bishop Bob Duncan with members of his new North American flock. Picture: Church Times.
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Leap of faith
A woman jumps into the arms of police during the London riots.
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Praying for Haiti
Canon Andrew Dietsche, of New York, left, and the Rev Nathanael Saint-Pierre, vicar of the Haitian Episcopal Church in the Bronx.
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Pilgrimage to Auschwitz
The Chief Rabbi of Britain and the Archbishop of Canterbury at Auschwitz. Picture, London Times.
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From poverty to sainthood
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, a friend to the Aboriginal people.
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Famine declared
Refugees queue for aid in Somalia.
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When nature slips the chain...
When nature slips the chain: among the debris-strewn paddocks in the Lockyer Valley.
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Living in fear
Coptic Christians, many of whom fear violence from Muslims, hold a sit-in in Cairo. Photo: New York Times
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Calling for respect across all ages
Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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Dr Williams hosts Muslim leaders
The Archbishop of Canterbury with Muslim leaders at Lambeth Palace.
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Praying with Obama
The Children of the Gospel Choir sing "He's Got the Whole World in his Hands" in Washington National Cathedral.
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Bishops take to the streets
The Archbishop of Canterbury leads marchers through London.
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Standing for Palestine
Members of the Middle East Task Force of the Diocese of Los Angeles hold a vigil outside the Israeli consulate.
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Calling for 'common prosperity'
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
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'Greatest saint' visits UK
The casket of St Therese which is touring England and Wales.
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Presidential embrace
First out of the mine: Chilean miner Florencio Avalos is embraced by President Sebastian Pinera.
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Charting Anglo-Catholic relationships
Members of the Anglican - Roman Catholic Commission of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Confronting the free market
Protestors in New York before the $700bn Wall Street bail-out this month. Photograph: Nicholas Roberts/AFP/Getty images
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Before the firestorm...
Holy Cross retreat house before the California firestorm reduced it to ashes.
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Warming to Obama
Country singer Garth Brooks warms up for the inauguration.
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A bishop repents
Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori kneels in repentance over slavery.
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Reaching out to Anglicans
Pope Benedict: Apostolic Constitution offers room for 'former Anglicans' in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pilgrims from downunder
Australian pilgrims brandish their flag at the canonisation of Mary MacKillop.
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Under fire from the US
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. Photo: PA.
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A new exodus
Many Iraqi Christians are losing hope after further violence. - New York Times picture.
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Taking on the heart of Melbourne
Bishop Mark Burton, Melbourne's new dean. Picture: Craig Abraham.
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Battling on
June, Jean and John after a service at St Gabriel's Grantham - which is in Queensland's flood-stricken Lockyer Valley.
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Lord have mercy...
Haitians seek solace amid the ruins of Port-au-Prince.
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Facing up to the cost of abuse
Archbishop's residence in Adelaide: Part of the property will go to pay damages to abuse victims.
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Anglicans ahoy
St Peter's on the Thames.
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The grief of Baghdad
A grieving Iraqi is consoled by friends after the Baghdad hostage killings.
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Joint blessing
Dr Rowan Williams and Archbishop Vincent Nichols at evensong in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the Translation of St Edward the Confessor.
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Demonstrating for justice
Rally participants highlight the MDGs on the steps of St John the Divine in New York.
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Detour ahead
The power of the flood was such that houses around Grantham were plucked and driven from their foundations.
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Making the break
Bishop Robert Duncan is appaluded at United States Evangelical Free Church in Wheaton, Illinois. Picture, LA Times.
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Seeking common ground
Christian and Muslim leaders gather inside Lambeth Palace at the conclusion of a three-day meeting.
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Looking to next year
Dr Rowan Williams and Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori chat during the recent meeting of the Joint Standing Committee.
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Easy rider vicar
Rev Teresa Davies: erred and strayed. Picture, London Telegraph.
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After the firestorm...
Brother Joseph Brown walks through the rubble of his monastery after it was levelled by fire. Picture, Los Angeles Times.
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Deep prayer
Praying for deliverance of the trapped miners.
