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El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

London, 14 November (ENInews). El Salvador on 11 November bestowed the first "Amigo de El Salvador" award on the London-based Archbishop Romero Trust, which celebrates the legacy of human rights advocate Archbishop Oscar Romero.

16 November 2011

As injured American veterans return home, congregations reach out

As injured American veterans return home, congregations reach out

Newton, Massachusetts, 14 November (ENInews) Some wounds of war are all too visible - a missing leg, a shattered arm. The invisible wounds of mind and soul are often more difficult to spot

16 November 2011

Anglicans celebrate 150 years as a Diocese

Anglicans celebrate 150 years as a Diocese

As Anglicans celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Diocese in The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, and what it measn to be of their faith and Christian, they were told their history should be seen as a book of lessons from whcih they can gather some insights that can make them more effective  in their mission and ministry today.

 

15 November 2011

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Artist and local teenagers to create the City of God in Brazil

Last year, the Parish of Christ the King in the City of God, Rio de Janeiro joined forces with international mural artist Joel Bergner to produce three murals for its boundary walls.

09 November 2011

Episcopal Church membership shows some regional growth, overall decline

Episcopal Church membership shows some regional growth, overall decline

While membership in 16 of the Episcopal Church's domestic dioceses and eight of its non-domestic ones grew in 2010, recently released data shows that overall membership has declined. The decrease is part of a trend that has seen membership decline by just more than 16 percent since 2000.

05 November 2011

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Disarmament campaign engages religions in Brazil

Sao Paulo, 26 October (ENInews). The Instituto Sou da Paz is mobilizing the participation of churches and faith communities of Sao Paulo to motivate the "Campaign for Voluntary Handing In of Firearms and Ammunitions," during the current World Week for Disarmament, reports the Latin America and Caribbean Communication Agency (ALC).

01 November 2011

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

Severe flooding and mudslides caused by tropical rains throughout El Salvador have affected about 150,000 people, cut off dozens of communities and resulted in almost 40 deaths. 

21 October 2011

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Geneva, 18 October (ENInews) - An ecumenical accompaniment program has been launched to assist victims of violence in Colombia, where internal armed conflict has drive nearly five million people away from their land and property, according to the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI).

19 October 2011

Becca Stevens recognized as White House 'Champion of Change

Becca Stevens recognized as White House 'Champion of Change

The Rev. Becca Stevens, author, Episcopal priest and social entrepreneur, has been named by the White House's Office of Public Engagement as one of 15 "Champions of Change" for her pioneering work with Magdalene/Thistle Farms, a residential community and social enterprise she founded to serve women who have survived prostitution, addiction and abuse.

19 October 2011

Latin America chooses its team for the Anglican Alliance

Latin America chooses its team for the Anglican Alliance

Three people to co-ordinate the work of the Anglican Alliance across Latin America and the Caribbean were chosen by the Alliance's regional consultation which closed in Sao Paolo yesterday.

13 October 2011