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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba calls for UN arms embargo on Zimbabwe

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

23 April 2008

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)

22 April 2008

World Day of Prayer for Zimbabwe on Sunday 27 April 2008

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

21 April 2008

Pastoral Letter from the Church of Nigeria Standing Committee

Pastoral Letter from the Church of Nigeria Standing Committee

Alleluia, Christ is risen. He is risen indeed! Alleluia. May the power that raised Christ from the grave continue to empower and inspire our witness for Him as we daily identify with His death and resurrection in our lives.

02 April 2008

Festive Beginning for New Archbishop of Cape Town

The new Archbishop blesses the city of Cape Town

In a four-hour liturgy, amidst clouds of incense, sprinkling of baptismal water, anointing, seven processions and a colourful array of copes and mitres, the Most Revd Thabo Cecil Makgoba, 47, was installed as the 12th Archbishop of Cape Town on 30 March

01 April 2008

Installation and Rededication Service of Archbishop Thabo

Let us pray: Loving Lord, you have made of one blood all the peoples of the earth and sent your blessed Son to preach peace to those who are far off and those who are near: grant that people everywhere may seek after you and find you

01 April 2008

An Easter Message from Bishop Bethlehem Nopece

An Easter Message from Bishop Bethlehem Nopece

No Easter, no faith. The apostle Paul puts it this way: "And if Christ has not been raised from the dead, our preaching is useless and so is your faith ... If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all people.

19 March 2008

Easter Message from The Most Revd Ian Ernest

Easter Message from The Most Revd Ian Ernest

The Lenten Season and the Celebration of Easter Strengthens our Faith in Jesus, our Lord and Saviour . St Paul in his letter to the Philippians inform us of who Christ is for us (Phil 2:6-11)

19 March 2008

Churches welcome agreement to end post-election crisis

Churches welcome agreement to end post-election crisis

Church leaders in Kenya have welcomed the announcement of a power-sharing agreement between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga as an important step to ending a two-month political crisis in the east African country.

29 February 2008

Bishop Katanda helps open door to democracy in Congo

Bishop Masimando Katanda and his wife Naomi, from the Anglican Diocese of Kindu in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) visited Victoria in early December as guests of CMS. They talked to Beryl Rule about the work the Church is doing there to repair the ravages of the 1998-2003 civil war.

21 February 2008