In a move that marks a renewed vision and vigour and renewed enthusiasm and optimism for its work, Affirming Catholicism, a progressive Anglican Catholic organisation in the Anglican Communion, has appointed the Revd Richard Jenkins as its first full time director
12 January 2005
want to take this opportunity to thank you all for all you have been doing, and continue to do, in encouraging giving and the offering of prayers during the last two weeks.
11 January 2005
The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, has praised congregations across Wales for their wonderful response to the present crisis stemming from the tsunami in the Indian ocean on 26 December and urged congregations and individuals to hold the victims in their prayers during this difficult time.
06 January 2005
The Church of Ireland Archbishops and Bishops tonight issued an urgent appeal for help in getting aid to the thousands of people who are suffering following the earthquake in Indonesia
31 December 2004
Salaam / Peace and grace from Bethlehem, the little town in the Land of the Holy One. Stars do not only penetrate the dark skies; they also give sight and shine bright in the darkest moments of any long and scary night.
22 December 2004
The Christian meaning of Christmas speaks of love, joy, peace - and hope. Despite the growing secularism which surrounds us and the devastation of so much of life in this world the Christian still grasps the central message of the birth of the Christ-child in the stable at Bethlehem. That message has not lost its ancient meaning.
22 December 2004
The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales, has used his Christmas message this year to urge us all to DO something. Referring to two events of twenty years ago - the industrial disaster at Bhopal, India, and the release of the first Band Aid record
22 December 2004
Thought-provoking new research reveals the economic and social value of England's Anglican cathedrals. New research has revealed that nearly nine million people visited England's Anglican cathedrals in 2003 - two million more than visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach, five million more than went on the London Eye and almost twice as many as visited the British Museum in the same year.
15 December 2004
'Justice and celebration belong together, in the prophets and the Gospels.' 'God's plan is one in which all human beings are called to be both givers and receivers.' Two brief examples of remarks made by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, as he addressed the World Mission Conference held 23-25 November 2004 in Swanwick, England
14 December 2004
The Venerable David Chillingworth has been elected as the new Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in the Scottish Episcopal Church at a meeting of the Electoral Synod today in Perth. He will succeed the Rt Revd Michael Henley who retired as Bishop of the Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld Dunblane in July this year.
13 December 2004