The Liverpudlian-bred Bishop of Leeds, the Rt Revd Nick Baines, reflects on this week’s historic inquest verdicts in the case of 96 Liverpool FC supporters who were unlawfully killed at Hillsborough in 1989.

Following media reports, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has released the following personal statement.

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada reflects on a tragic house fire which killed nine members of the same family in the First Nation community of Pikangikum; and, in light of last week’s “strong commitment” to the UN Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, calls the Church “to action in support of real change in Canada’s relationship with Indigenous peoples and communities.”

The Archbishop of South East Asia, the Most Revd Ng Moon Hing, wrote the foreword to the major new Anglican Communion report, Intentional Discipleship and Disciple-Making - An Anglican Guide for Christian Life and Formation. We reproduce it here.

In his Easter sermon, preached at the Cathedral of St George the Martyr in Jerusalem, Archbishop Suheil Dawani reflects on a world that “often looks more like Good Friday than Easter Day,” and says that “Easter shows us that this world of loss, injustice and violence is not the last thing.”

The Bishop of Rupert’s Land in the Anglican Church of Canada, the Rt Revd Dr Donald Philips, explains the thinking behind his diocese’s focus on discipleship, saying that “Discipleship is not a programme.  It is not something with a five-year plan and a myriad of different processes. It is the work of the Holy Spirit in and through the members of the Church.” 

Looking to Easter, Anglican Alliance Co-Executive Director Andy Bowerman reflects on being named and living so that each person can become new creations in Christ, fully alive through the hope of the resurrection.