The Rt. Rev. Riah Abu El-Assal: Allow me first and foremost to wish you a most blessed Christmas and a peaceful 2006. May it be the year of the turning-point in relations world-wide, but in particular here in His Land, in the Land of the Holy One, whose birth in Bethlehem we remember and celebrate, whom we remember with thanks.
16 January 2006
A Church of England group is proposing a way forward aimed at both permitting women to become bishops - should General Synod vote in favour of this - and of preserving the maximum amount of unity within the Church
16 January 2006
Celebrating Sacred Space' is the title of a national series of study days being organised by the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham this Spring, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Restoration of the Shrine.
10 January 2006
A new water feature in Southwell Minster will form a central part of the special service this Saturday (January 7th) when the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham will officially launch its year's focus on 'Living Water, Living Well: Encountering God in Prayer and Pilgrimage'.
10 January 2006
The Church of England has supported moves to create a specific criminal offence of 'forcing someone to marry' in its submission to a Home Office review on the issue.
10 January 2006
2006 marks the 75th anniversary of the restoration of the Holy House of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and a year - long series of celebrations is being planned. The theme throughout the year will be the Shrine's motto 'House of God, Gate of Heaven.
04 January 2006
'The real significance of the Christian Christmas lies behind the scene at Bethlehem. Though we are familiar with the scene in the Stable we have to go behind it to fully understand what had happened. God had intervened in this world.
23 December 2005
When those who came first to the Stable at Bethlehem saw with their own eyes the miracle of Christ's birth they believed - but then they moved on ...
21 December 2005
From the monthly Newsletter of the Diocese of Jerusalem
21 December 2005
The Church of England has given an extra push to its environmental issues work with the appointment of David Shreeve, executive director of The Conservation Foundation, as environmental adviser in the Mission and Public Affairs Division.
21 December 2005