In Italy for a round of engagements including addressing the G8 Meeting, Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, seized the opportunity to visit the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Centre exists to promote understanding and unity within the Christian household, particularly between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, two of the world’s most global and far-reaching bodies, and to encourage cooperation between all peoples.
10 July 2009
Each year the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN) publishes an anthology of liturgical material for Creation Time. This year’s liturgical material is entitled: ”Turn, then, and live”, based on Ezekiel 18:32.
09 July 2009
I very much look forward to full confirmation of the complete decommissioning of all armaments held by loyalist paramilitaries. It will represent a further and extremely welcome step towards confidence building and the normalisation of society in Northern Ireland.
19 June 2009
The Rt Rev David Chillingworth was elected Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church at an Episcopal Synod held during the annual meeting of the General Synod of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Bishop David was the single nomination and his election was supported by all other six bishops. Bishop David has been Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane since 2005 and succeeds the Most Rev Dr Idris Jones, Bishop of Glasgow & Galloway who stepped down as Primus.
15 June 2009
Words of hope and specially selected Bible verses have been added to the Church of England’s Matter of Life and Debt online initiative to help those suffering from the agony of hopelessness in the current financial situation.
24 April 2009
More than 30 bishops from around the Anglican Communion joined the Archbishop of Wales and the Archbishop of Canterbury to consecrate two new Welsh bishops at Llandaff Cathedral on Saturday afternoon (April 4). Gregory Cameron, 49, was consecrated 76th Bishop of St Asaph.
07 April 2009
Clergy from the Church of England are being invited to provide respite for Sri Lankan priests in the war-torn country. CoE clergy will be asked to take over from Sri Lankan clergy in safe regions, so that those clergy can provide respite for their countrymen in conflict zones.
27 March 2009
Dr. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, has today called upon the leaders of the G20 to invest more in conflict prevention.
27 March 2009
On Tuesday, March 10, Bishop Suheil Dawani, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, was granted permission to go into Gaza to make a pastoral visit to our diocesan hospital, Ahli Arab Hospital
27 March 2009
Every St Patrick's Day takes place in the context of a specific year with specific events in our minds. This year, we cannot but think of the recent murder of two soldiers and a member of the PSNI
17 March 2009