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Tigray peace agreement: Rebels start handing over weapons to Ethiopian army

Tigrayan rebels start handing over their heavy weapons. It's a key condition of a deal signed in November to end a deadly conflict that ravaged Ethiopia for two years. Also, Rwanda says it does not have any intention of banning Congolese refugees, accusing the media of misrepresenting President Paul Kagame's…

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UK's first non-binary priest spills on feeling God's love and acceptance in vicar training

Bingo Allison is thought to be the Church of England’s first openly non-binary priest and spoke to This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about their decision

Daily Mirror

Church of England says it knew of slavery links as fund set up to address 'shameful' past

The Church of England knew it was investing in the transatlantic slave trade during the 18th century, the head of its investment arm said on Wednesday, after it committed 100 million pounds ($121 million) to address the "shameful" wrongs of links to slavery.

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A razzle-dazzle rector, theatrical cats and Christmas cards from Judi Dench: inside the Actors’ church

The Rev Simon Grigg, a former stage director, welcomes our writer to St Paul’s in Covent Garden, where the stars worship

The Guardian - UK

C of E’s historic slavery fund – worth £100m but how far will it stretch across communities?

Clerical leaders hope for ‘lasting legacy’ to serve places affected by past slavery trade, but fund may spread thinly across all of west Africa and Caribbean

The Guardian - UK

C of E setting up £100m fund to ‘address past wrongs’ of slave trade links

Church to back community projects to compensate for financially benefiting from chattel slavery

The Guardian - UK

King Charles' coronation could be invalidated due to affair, claims royal author

Royal biographer Anthony Holden has made the big claim that King Charles' admission of adultery could spark a "constitutional crisis" when it comes to his coronation.

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King Charles' affair could cause 'constitutional crisis' at coronation, royal author claims

Anthony Holden, a royal writer, has suggested the King's affair with Camilla when he was married to Diana could invalidate the coronation

Nottingham Post

King Charles' coronation could be 'invalidated' because of affair, according to royal author

Royal biographer Anthony Holden said that Charles admitting to adultery could spark a "constitutional crisis".

Daily Record

King Charles' coronation could be invalidated because of affair, royal author says

Royal biographer Anthony Holden claimed that King Charles' confession of adultery could spark a "constitutional crisis", and noted that the Church of England has never crowned a divorced man as King

Daily Mirror

Church of England priest on how God guided them on their journey of becoming queer

To Bingo Allison's knowledge, they are the first openly non-binary priest to be ordained in the Church of England

Liverpool Echo

Ray-Bans, iPhones, Omega watches: how bookies’ gifts are fuelling a crisis

The case of Martin Sargeant, who was jailed for five years for stealing church funds, is highlighting efforts to learn more about gambling-driven crime

The Guardian - UK

'Small and tatty' country chapel in the middle of Liverpool

The area was a forest when the church was first built

Liverpool Echo

Church of England fraudster who stole £5.2m and spent it on lavish holidays is jailed

Globetrotting Martin Sargeant spent the money on designer clothes and trips abroad

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Evening Standard

Ex-convict who defrauded Church of England out of £5.2m jailed for five years

The globetrotting Martin Sargeant, 53, spent the money on a lavish lifestyle and travelling the world

The Independent UK

Official who defrauded Church of England out of £5.2m jailed for five years

The globetrotting Martin Sargeant, 53, spent the money on a lavish lifestyle and travelling the world.

The Independent UK

Friction over LGBTQ issues worsens in global Anglican church

Friction has been simmering within the global Anglican Communion for many years over its 42 provinces’ sharp differences on whether to recognize same-sex marriage and ordain LGBTQ clergy

The Guardian - UK

The decline and fall of the established church

Letters: Dr Douglas Board, Rev Dr Lisa Curtice, Rt Rev Gregory K Cameron and Jackie Robertson on implications of the census showing that less than half of people in England and Wales now identify themselves as Christians

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Daily Mirror

The census is proof that the privileges enjoyed by the Church of England are unfair, unethical and unsustainable

The enormous non-religious population faces everyday discrimination - Humanists UK

The Independent UK

Archbishop of Canterbury praises Ukrainian people in Kyiv visit

Justin Welby will meet church leaders during his trip.

The Guardian - UK

According to the census, we’re now a land of many faiths. There is no place for an established church

The king and Anglican leaders should take note that if the country is changing, so should its institutions, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Calls grow to disestablish Church of England as Christians become minority

Role of church in parliament and schools questioned as census shows 5.5m fewer holders of faith in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Why is the Christian population of England and Wales declining?

The most recent census data on religion is significant as the Church of England enjoys considerable privilege

The Independent UK

Census: Christians a minority in England; non-religious grow

The latest U.K. census has found that less than half of people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian

The Guardian - UK

England and Wales now minority Christian countries, census reveals

Data shows Leicester and Birmingham have become UK’s first ‘minority majority’ cities in new age of ‘super-diversity’

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