We, the members of the Ecumenical Committee, representing about 20 Catholic communities and Protestant denominations from the US, Canada, and Europe, write this letter in the hope of sharing not only information about what is taking place in Nicaragua following the natural disaster caused by Hurricane Mitch but also our concerns about how governments, churches, non-governmental organizations, and relief agencies respond to this crisis.
05 November 1998
On Tuesday November 3, the Nicaraguan government released the seven cargo containers that had been impounded for 3-4 months.
04 November 1998
The bishops and spouses of Lambeth Conference took a day off from business, Tuesday, to have lunch at Lambeth Palace, tea with the Queen at Buckingham Palace, and a boat ride down the Thames River past the Tower of London and the Millennium Dome.
29 July 1998
Anglicans and Lutherans in Canada are deepening their links and may be in full communion by the year 2001.
09 June 1998
The Revd Miguel Tamayo Saldivar has been inducted as the new Anglican Bishop of Uruguay yesterday in the Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Montevideo.
09 June 1998
Bolstered by a strong show of support from their Anglican Communion family, lay and clergy deputies from five countries assembled April 17-19 in San Jose, Costa Rica, officially created a new province
11 May 1998
(Anglican Church of Canada) The Anglican bishops of Alberta have sent the following letter to the provincial Premier:
17 April 1998
(ENS) I welcome the draft proposal "Called to Common Mission, A Lutheran Proposal for a Revision of the Concordat of Agreement," released by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). The original Concordat of Agreement was passed overwhelmingly in the summer of 1997 by the Episcopal Church's General Convention and then narrowly defeated by the Churchwide Assembly of the ELCA. The Assembly determined that the Concordat should be revised and the revision presented to them for approval in the summer of 1999.
17 April 1998
(ENS) The occasion of the 30th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr (4th April) provides all of us with an opportunity to pause and reflect on the current status of race relations in America and in our churches. While we offer thanksgivings for the contribution of Dr. King's legacy as a non-violent advocate for racial equality, we might best serve his memory with a commitment to continuing in the journey he led so faithfully.
08 April 1998
(ENS) Episcopal Churches appear to have escaped major damage from El Niño's lashing storms along the West Coast of the United States and in Latin America. But thousands of dollars in aid are being funnelled through church agencies to assist victims of this winter's vicious storms.
01 April 1998