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Terry Waite urges church to be 'a voice for peace

Terry Waite urges church to be 'a voice for peace

"The world of international affairs is a moral mess," Terry Waite, the former Anglican envoy held hostage for four years in Lebanon, told an audience at the Salt Lake City Library auditorium in the US on May 3. "I don't know who is going to clean it up."

08 May 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Trinity Institute Conference on Benedictine Spirituality

Shaping Holy Lives - Trinity Institute Conference on Benedictine Spirituality

The proceedings of the recent national conference of Trinity Institute, the continuing education programme based at Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York, held on April 28 and 29, can still be heard and seen on the web.

06 May 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Address by Joan Chittister

Shaping Holy Lives - Address by Joan Chittister

Joan Chittister addressed Trinity Institute New York on the essential values of St Benedict, among them being creative work, holy leisure, humility, and peace.

30 April 2003

Shaping Holy Lives - Address from the Archbishop of Canterbury

Shaping Holy Lives - Address from the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, gave an address today as part of the annual conference of Trinity Institute.

29 April 2003

Human rights groups condemn Castro's crackdown on opposition in Cuba

Human rights groups condemn Castro's crackdown on opposition in Cuba

Human rights and religious groups around the world - including the World Council of Churches and an ecumenical group of Cuban clergy in the US - have condemned a harsh crackdown on opposition in Cuba that drew stiff prison sentences for dissidents.

29 April 2003

Archbishop of Canterbury launches Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, returned to "Ground Zero" in lower Manhattan for the first time since 11 September 2001, to preach a sermon on the spiritual significance of listening to God and to one another.

29 April 2003

Archbishop to address Trinity Institute

Archbishop to address Trinity Institute

The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, is to address the 34th National Conference of Trinity Institute this week.

28 April 2003

Bishops talk full communion

Bishops talk full communion

The Lutheran World Federation Assembly, which meets in Winnipeg from July 21-31, is expected to draw more than 1,000 Lutherans from around the world, and Anglicans are helping in a significant way.

23 April 2003

An Easter reflection from the Presiding Bishop of ECUSA

An Easter reflection from the Presiding Bishop of ECUSA

This Easter anthem, drawn from the liturgy of the Eastern Church, appears in our Prayer Book at the conclusion of the Burial of the Dead. It is to be sung as the body is borne from the church.

11 April 2003

Presiding bishop raises question of human rights in Sudan

Presiding bishop raises question of human rights in Sudan

Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold wrote to Ambassador John Negroponte, United States representative at the United Nations, expressing his "deep concern about the situation in Sudan."

11 April 2003