Co-operation may be a natural thing, but it isn't easy. It requires a real willingness to work together across different world views. That was the message of keynote speaker Dr Stephen Cherry, from the Anglican Diocese of Durham, as he helped launch the 2012 Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh.
06 August 2012
There is little need for constant reminders of the need to conserve energy. Every citizen in every country needs to save energy and use it sparingly. Alternative sources of energy need to be developed and existing "clean" forms of energy need to be more widely utilised.
06 August 2012
The local church is at the heart of many communities across Wales, but St James' Church has taken ‘heart’ one step further.
02 August 2012
All Saints, Waterden, stands in splendid isolation in the middle of a field in a hidden valley 10 miles from the north Norfolk coast. It is a 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon village church without a village – but even if it has lost its original purpose, it remains picture postcard perfect, a Grade I-listed gem in a landscape that carries those who happen upon it back through the centuries.
02 August 2012
From the Office of the Archbishop of Dublin: A report has revealed that the violence in Nigeria, responsible for hundreds of deaths since January, is due to more than religious tensions alone.
01 August 2012
Canon Andrew White, the vicar of the only Anglican church in Baghdad, said it was "a major miracle" that a bus load of children returning from their First Communion were not killed in a double bomb attack.
31 July 2012
A vicar who is a keen convert to social media, plans to use the full force of the internet to reach out to young people in his new parish.
31 July 2012
A scheme in Norwich Diocese which gives broadband access to remote rural communities has been highlighted as an example of best practice in a report released today from the Lords Communcations Committee, which says the Government’s broadband strategy must not leave communities behind.
31 July 2012
Sunday, July 29th was a day of celebration as Bishop Suheil gave the mandate to The Very Revd Hosam Naoum, Dean of St. George's Cathedral, to formally install the Revd Major John Organ as Residential Canon of St. George’s Cathedral and Bishop’s Chaplain.
31 July 2012
There are just 3 weeks left for nominations to be made for the new sessions of Diocesan Synod which will run for 3 years from 2013-2015.
30 July 2012