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Anglican Communion Ordains Eight Priests

Anglican Communion Ordains Eight Priests

Eight priests and seven deacons were ordained recently by the Bishop of Ijebu Diocese, Anglican Communion, the Rt Revd Professor Akinyele Omoyajowo.

24 July 2001

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Silver Jubilee of his consecration as Bishop

Archbishop Desmond Tutu: Silver Jubilee of his consecration as Bishop

The warm glint in his eyes, and the boyish mannerism, are still part of Desmond Mpilo Tutu's make-up.

18 July 2001

A Sub-Saharan response to AIDS

A Sub-Saharan response to AIDS

I am pleased to announce an initiative - supported by Anglicans worldwide and driven by the Anglican Archbishops of Africa - that is geared to assist an effective sub-Saharan response to the AIDS pandemic because we are all working for a generation without AIDS.

11 July 2001

Many tribes: One Lord

Many tribes: One Lord

35 new deacons and priests from at least ten different Sudanese tribes were ordained yesterday by the Bishop of Khartoum, the Rt. Reverend Bulus Idris Tia, at All Saints Cathedral to serve in different parishes in the Khartoum Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Sudan.

02 July 2001

Ndungane urges Swiss churches to support reparation campaign

Ndungane urges Swiss churches to support reparation campaign

Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane urged the Federation of Swiss Protestant Churches to support his call for the cancellation of odious debt and reparation for victims of apartheid.

27 June 2001

Last chance to avoid humanitarian tragedy in the Nuba Mountains

Last chance to avoid humanitarian tragedy in the Nuba Mountains

Escalating Government of Sudan (GoS) attacks on civilian targets and drought-induced crop failures across the region have placed over 84,500 civilians in a life-threatening situation in the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) controlled areas of the Nuba Mountains.

27 June 2001

AMiA consecrates four new bishops

AMiA consecrates four new bishops

In a service that combined Anglican solemnity and Charismatic Renewal spontaneity, four American priests were consecrated by two archbishops of the Anglican Communion June 24 in Denver as "missionary bishops" to America for the Anglican Mission in America (AMiA) under auspices of the provinces of Rwanda and South East Asia.

27 June 2001

The Oil Road

The Oil Road

The people in southern Sudan do not catch a glimpse of any oil money. At the same time as the regime in Khartoum is pumping billions of Swedish kroner with the help of the international oil companies, the displaced people in Bentiu are starving to death.

19 June 2001

Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism: Life in the midst of HIV/AIDS

Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism: Life in the midst of HIV/AIDS

"I came to tears when I witnessed the suffering yet saw the love and compassion of Jesus in persons living with and dying from HIV/AIDS and in the women who attended them." so said Sister Chandrani Peiris of the Society of St. Margaret in Sri Lanka as she visited Katorus.

09 June 2001

Statement issued by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

Statement issued by Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane

As the politicians fail to negotiate peace in Palestine and the horrors of that situation continues to escalate at the expense of the entire world, it is time for religious leaders and people of prayer to step in, especially those of the three Abramic faiths viz. Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

25 May 2001