The Church of England Bishop of Sheffield, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, reflects on the death of singer David Bowie and the song released days before his death: Lazarus.

The President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, attended a Christmas service at the Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo last week and told worshippers that he was sorry for the slow rate of reconstruction of the churches that were attacked during the 2013 terrorist attacks and said that the rebuilding would be completed this year. The Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Bishop of Egypt, Mouneer Anis, was there and wrote this reflection for ACNS. 

The Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, Bishop of Waikato in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia, shares a personal reflection on the forthcoming gathering of Primates of the Anglican Communion.

This December two great events have shown to the world that Indaba and dialogue works, writes the Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves, director of the Continuing Indaba project at the Anglican Communion.

Welcoming the climate deal reached in Paris this weekend, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said the global church must be a key partner in tackling climate change.

The Revd Peter Sickels, Priest in Charge of Christ Episcopal Church in Clinton, Iowa, argues that it is time for the United States of America to heal the “national health epidemic” of gun violence.

On the eve of a debate in the UK Parliament about whether or not Britain should extend its existing military action against Daesh in Iraq to include Syrian-based targets, the Archbishop of Wales, Dr Barry Morgan, argues that there is no moral case for doing so.