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A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

A New Year Message from Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane

As we begin our 10th year of democracy, there is much for our transforming nation to be proud of and a solid platform of achievement from which to set new standards and objectives.

03 January 2004

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

Botswana's Anglican Church leaders denounce gay Bishop

The Anglican Church in Botswana has joined a growing list of African Anglican dioceses that have refused to recognise the consecration of the Rt Revd V Gene Robinson as Bishop-Coadjutor of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the United States, because of his sexual orientation.

09 December 2003

Call to end stigma marks the World AIDS Day in Africa

Call to end stigma marks the World AIDS Day in Africa

As the world turned to mark the World AIDS Day yesterday (December 1), Anglicans around Africa joined the world to spread the word on AIDS and call for an end to stigma and discrimination of people affected by HIV/AIDS.

02 December 2003

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Address by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane at an Interfaith Service on World AIDS Day

Greetings to you all and thank you for setting aside this time to meet together on World AIDS Day. To stand together as we honour those living with and dying from AIDS and to express our ongoing concern about the present situation.

02 December 2003

National HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Workshop held in Nigeria

National HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Workshop held in Nigeria

We, Bishops, clergy and members of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) drawn from all the ten ecclesiastical Provinces across the country, met in Abuja from 10 to 14 November 2003 to draw up a strategic plan of how our church will respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Nigeria.

24 November 2003

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

Archbishop of Cape Town responds to Nigerian Bishops' statement

The Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has issued a statement responding to the reported severing of ties with the Episcopal Church in the USA by the Anglican Church in Nigeria.

23 November 2003

Statement from the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Nigeria

Statement from the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Nigeria

The House of Bishops, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), met in July 2003, under the Divine Guidance of God and under the leadership of the Archbishop, Primate and Metropolitan, Church of Nigeria, the Most Rev. Peter Jasper Akinola, and proposed a resolution supporting all the actions he had taken and others that he will take on the vexing issue of human sexuality as it relates to homosexuality.

21 November 2003

Church of Nigeria raises AIDS awareness in congregations

Church of Nigeria raises AIDS awareness in congregations

Talking to congregations about HIV/AIDS every Sunday is one of the innovative ways that the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) is using to spread messages about HIV prevention and AIDS care.

18 November 2003

Archbishop Akinola calls for prayer as he assumes new role

Archbishop Akinola calls for prayer as he assumes new role

The Primate of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Revd Peter Jasper Akinola, was elected last night (Wednesday 12 November) as the head of the Christian Association of Nigeria.

13 November 2003

AIDS planning workshop opens in Abuja

AIDS planning workshop opens in Abuja

The Most Revd Peter Akinola, Metropolitan and Primate of All Nigeria, today opened a Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) national workshop on HIV/AIDS strategic planning and policy development in Abuja, Nigeria.

10 November 2003