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by Archbishop Peter Jensen
Archbishop Peter Jensen's Christmas Message 2011 on the centrality of Jesus to human history
Top 5 news review
Canberra news held the spotlight this week, but there were other issues for Christians to follow.
The marathon, the Olympics....everything is happening in London.
The atheist convention is over for another year and I, for one, want them back next year.
I've lost count of the number of journos who said to me recently, as if it were a fact, "Of course interest in religion is waning..."
It has been a big week for the Church of England.
Top of the top five stories this week in our breaking news links, is the future of cross-wearing in Britain. But it is just religious jewellery, right?
The work of two Melbourne academics on 'after-birth abortion' has received the strongest rebuke I've seen for a while, from their hometown newspaper.
The official verdict is that Christians are downtrodden, at least in Britain.
Last week, Richard Dawkins made his embarrassing radio gaffe. This week Alain de Botton landed in town.
Britain is obsessed with religion and Christianity in particular, it just won't admit it.
This is my first media roundup for 2012 and I am surprised to find the year beginning with people still talking about the Queen's Christmas message.
By this time of the year, there should have been several stories about Christmas being banned, but it seems to be dreadfully un-PC this year.
You might find yourself sitting next to an atheist in church this Christmas.
As one who spends hours scouring the papers, the Internet and electronic outlets, I keep being reminded of the shortcomings of the media.
I keep running into people who say they enjoy this weekly round up of news. I'd like to think its the quality but I think it's also the convenience.
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