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  • Archbishop of Canterbury - Prayers for Burma
    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has written to the Anglican church in Burma following the devastation of Cyclone Nargis in the area of the Irrawaddy River Delta. In the letter to Archbishop Stephen Than Myint Oo, Dr Williams assures the church of the prayers of the Anglican Communion and commends the rescue operation now underway

  • Anglican Church in Zimbabwe is making a difference
    USPG: Anglicans in World Mission, has been heartened by the response to the call to prayer issued for (27th April 2008) by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York. The Rt Revd Michael Doe, General Secretary of USPG today said: “USPG: Anglicans in World Mission, as the principal Anglican agency working in the Dioceses of Zimbabwe, has been overwhelmed by the response individuals, parishes and Dioceses are making to the call to prayer.

  • Archbishop of Canterbury - 'friendly meeting' with Pope Benedict
    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has described his private meeting with Pope Benedict XVI yesterday in the Vatican as ‘friendly and informal’. They spent almost half an hour in the Pope’s study discussing matters of common interest.

  • Communique of the Church of Melanesia - Consultation on Reconciliation and Peace Building
    From April 28 to May 1, 2008, some 90 members of the Church of Melanesia met for a four-day provincial consultation in Honiara, Solomon Islands on "Healing Past Hurts: A way forward for the Church of Melanesia in the ministry of Reconciliation and Peace-building".

  • Archbishop of Canterbury to convene the 7th Building Bridges seminar in Rome
    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is to convene the 7th Building Bridges Seminar in Rome next week. This is a unique annual series which brings together a range of internationally recognised Christian and Muslim scholars for an intensive study of relevant Biblical and Qur'anic texts.

  • Announcement of the death of The Most Revd Samuel Ndayisenga
    The Archbishop of Burundi, the Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi, was sad to announce the death on 26th April 2008 of the Most Revd Samuel Ndayisenga, and, with the whole of the Anglican Church of Burundi, extended sympathy to his wife and family.

  • Statement by the Church of the Province of West Africa on the state of the Anglican Communion
    The Church of the Province of West Africa (Anglican Communion) meeting in Douala, Cameroon, on the 11th day of April, in the year of our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight, having considered very carefully, among other pressing and very important issues, the current general state of the Anglican Commuion in the light of same – sex relationship receiving official recognition and approval by some dioceses and provinces, an issue which is seriously threatening the unity of the Communion, do hereby make the following statement:

  • Archbishop of Canterbury - 'Religious Faith and Human Rights'
    The Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams gave a lecture yesterday at the London School of Economics entitled 'Religious Faith and Human Rights'. Dr Williams sets out a fresh and original vision of how religious tradition – Christianity in particular – can help ground human rights thinking in ways that protect human life from violence, abuse or inequality.

  • The death of the former Bishop in Iran
    The Rt Revd Dehqani Tafti Hassan Barnaba, Bishop in Iran 1961-1990 and Confessor of the Faith, on 29th April 2008 died peacefully at home in Oakham - England, surrounded by his loving wife and daughters.

  • Women in the Episcopate - Manchester Report published
    The House of Bishops is to discuss the report of the Legislative Drafting Group considering proposals to allow for women bishops at its next meeting in May. The report of the group, chaired by the Rt Revd Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester, has been published today and will be debated by General Synod in July (the report can be read in full at: http://www.cofe.anglican.org/info/papers/womenbishopsreport

  • Barbara Darling to be Assistant Bishop for Melbourne Australia
    The Most Reverend Dr Philip Freier, Archbishop of Melbourne is an ad clerum announced: It is with much pleasure that I announce that the Revd Canon Barbara Darling has been appointed as the next Assistant Bishop for the Diocese of Melbourne. Her initial role will be that of Bishop for Diocesan Ministries. She will bring a wealth of experience from her years of ministry, both lay and clerical. Barbara is currently the Vicar of St James’ Dandenong; she is an Examining Chaplain, the Senior Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral and currently the chair of the Dean Search Committee.

  • Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has issued the following public statement
    “Zimbabwe is staring into the abyss. Violence is growing and the people are suffering greatly as a result. It is now vital that we all do what we can to calm the situation.

  • Archbishops of Canterbury and York issue Joint Statement on Zimbabwe
    The Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued a joint statement this morning concerning the deteriorating situation of ordinary people in Zimbabwe calling for “a civil society movement that both gives voice to those who demand an end to the mayhem that grows out of injustice, poverty, exclusion and violence”.

  • Archbishop of Canterbury: Better Bishops for the sake of a better Church
    The Archbishop of Canterbury today set out his hopes for this year’s Lambeth Conference in a video message addressed to Bishops and Dioceses across the worldwide communion...“What I would really most like to see in this years Lambeth Conference is the sense that this is essentially a spiritual encounter. A time when people are encountering God as they encounter one another, a time when people will feel that their life of prayer and witness is being deepened and their resources are being stretched.

  • Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for UN arms embargo on Zimbabwe
    The plight of the people of Zimbabwe is heart-breaking. Already bruised, broken and crushed by oppression and economic hardship before the elections, they are now even more divided, despondent and, in many cases, hopeless than they were before. At a time of growing global hunger

  • Sudan's New Primate, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul enthroned in Juba Cathedral
    Amid joyful celebration and colourful ceremony, the Most Revd Daniel Deng Bul was enthroned April 20 as the fourth primate of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan (ECS) at All Saints Cathedral in Juba. The four-hour liturgy punctuated with cheers, applause, Dinka calls, and hymns of praise in English and Arabic was attended by bishops, priests and laity from the 24 ECS dioceses

  • Launch of Stained Glass Database
    A new database recording stained glass windows in Church of Ireland churches will be launched at the Irish Architectural Archive at 6.00pm on Monday 28th April. Named Gloine (glass), the new database will allow users to search for windows by church or architect's name, geographical location, names of stained glass artists and studios, dates, religious subject-matter and other categories besides.

  • World Day of Prayer for Zimbabwe on Sunday 27 April 2008
    A desperate cry from the hearts of Zimbabwe screams across the world. It calls upon all Christians of every denomination in every nation to focus their prayers, in churches, halls, homes or elsewhere, on Sunday 27th April, 2008 on the critical situation in Zimbabwe, a nation in dire distress and teetering on the brink of human disaster.

  • Archbishop of Canterbury - Society still needs religion
    The Archbishop of Canterbury will tonight give a lecture in which he acknowledges the rise in interest in spirituality, particularly in the Western World, but underlines the crucial role traditional religious allegiance continues to play in a genuinely plural society.

  • Portugal Centenary marked
    Anglican leader Dr. Luís César Pereira to be honoured by civic and ecumenical officials Aos Órgãos de Comunicação Social

  • Anglican Women around the Globe speak out on poverty and Women's Empowerment
    While worldwide attention is focused on discord and divisions within the Anglican Communion, Anglican women and girls are uniting to make their voices heard on issues of poverty and women’s empowerment, express the power and depth of their faith, and to reveal their connections across cultural and economic differences, by contributing to a new book of women’s prayers.

  • Media/Press Application Form for Lambeth Conference Now Available
    The Lambeth Conference, will be held in Canterbury, England from 20 July to 4 August, 2008. The application form is now available for those seeking media accreditation. It is our understanding that there will be limited accommodation available through the University of Kent. There will be a professionally maintained press centre on the campus.

  • Postcolonialism, Anglican identities focus of May 1-2 conference in Manchester
    Considering colonial legacies associated with the history of Anglican churches and analyzing the future of the postcolonial Church will be the focus of a May 1-2 conference hosted by the University of Manchester's Lincoln Theological Institute in England.

  • Archbishop of Canterbury - 'more dramatic and more costly' change for Christians in the Middle East
    The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has invited BibleLands, a UK non-governmental provider of financial support to the Holy Land, to host a conference at Lambeth Palace on Wednesday 16th April.

  • Archdeacon Kay Goldsworthy Appointed Australia's First woman Bishop
    The Archbishop of Perth, The Most Reverend Roger Herft, this morning announced the appointment of Australia’s first woman bishop. Archbishop Herft’s full statement on the appointment of Kay Goldsworthy as Australia's first woman Bishop is also available