In an interview with the Independent newspaper, the first female bishop to be consecrated by the Church of England has opened up about her “remarkable” year and spoken of her delight that the ordination of women is becoming the “new normal.”
25 January 2016
You can’t create peace and security by doing things to people, you have to be alongside, doing things with people, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said this evening during a panel discussion on “Violent extremism: global threat, local solution” at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
22 January 2016
The oldest Christian site in Iraq, the 1400-year-old St Elijah’s monastery, near Mosul, has been razed to the ground by Islamic State (IS), or Daesh.
22 January 2016
The Church in Wales has appointed the diocesan secretary from Coventry, in the Church of England, as its new provincial secretary. Simon Lloyd will take up his new role in May following the retirement of Wales’ current Provincial Secretary, John Shirley.
21 January 2016
Following this week’s high level conference on the refugee crisis in Europe, organised by the World Council of Churches and the United Nations, a joint statement has been issued by the WCC, UNICEF, the United Nations Population Fund, and the UNHCR.
21 January 2016
A church-backed chocolate company which produces the “real Easter Egg” has moved production of its products from Europe to the UK to cope with increased demand. The Real Easter Egg is said to be the only UK Easter Egg to explain the Christian understanding of Easter on its packaging.
21 January 2016
There is a need for “urgent action to strengthen coordination and cooperation in Europe's response to the refugee and migrant crisis,” a high level conference of governments, UN agencies, churches and civil society organisations heard this week. The conference was organised by the WCC and focused on ways to strengthen coordinated responses to the crisis.
20 January 2016
Four years on, the Anglican Alliance continues to grow and develop as it supports the Anglican Communion to live out the Gospel in word and action, learning from the wisdom and experience of the Anglican family of churches and agencies. The intensely busy year of 2015 was no exception.
20 January 2016
A dangerous “horror” location on the Greek island of Lesbos has been turned into a 24-hour reception centre offering shelter, food and medical care to vulnerable refugees by the church-based Lighthouse Refugee Relief (LRR) agency using funds provided through the Anglican mission agency United Society’s Rapid Response Appeal.
19 January 2016
The Church Commissioners for England have tabled a shareholders’ motion calling on the US oil giant ExxonMobil to “disclose the resilience of its business model in the wake of the Paris Agreement on climate change.” If passed, the motion will force the oil company to be more transparent on its efforts to shift to a low-carbon economy.
19 January 2016