Mr Jarjour spoke of "two broken communities" in his region. The first was the people of Iraq, he said, had suffered for 12 years under international sanctions. "A war against Iraq will destroy the country and its infrastructure with the loss of thousands of innocent lives."
21 February 2003
The looming prospect of a US led war against Iraq was much on the minds and hearts of Anglican mission leaders attending the "Transformation and Tradition in Global Mission" conference in Larnaca, Cyprus, 12-18 February.
20 February 2003
War is always a deeply disturbing prospect; one that can never be contemplated without a sense of failure and regret that other means have not prevailed, and deep disquiet about all that may come in its train.
20 February 2003
An ecumenical delegation of church leaders met today with Clare Short, Secretary of State for International Development and UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to convey a message of deep concern about the looming war with Iraq.
18 February 2003
A figure of Christ has been torn from an 8ft wooden cross outside the parish church of St Michael and All Angels at Cottingley, near Bradford, West Yorks. It was found lying face down in mud, with one arm broken and its side slashed with a blade. There had also been an attempt to burn the resin figure.
18 February 2003
Biblical and theological reflection are essential to mission, both on a personal and communal level, declared two very different mission practitioners at the opening plenary of the Anglican Mission Organisations Conference in Cyprus.
17 February 2003
The task of renewing our vision for mission necessarily leads us to focusing on Jesus and His Cross. On the Cross Jesus Christ grappled with the issues confronting all human beings and societies and their shifting faiths and cultures, a situation that still exists today all over the world.
17 February 2003
"Transformation and Tradition" is the theme of the Anglican Mission Organisations Conference under way in Cyprus, and some might think those terms, like change and continuity, are mutually exclusive.
17 February 2003
Two days after an estimated 5 million people demonstrated worldwide in an attempt to avert the war with Iraq, an ecumenical delegation arrived in London to attend a service of praise, penitence and prayer for peace. The service took place this evening at St John's Church, Waterloo Road.
17 February 2003
Military action against Iraq has the potential to lead to a serious worsening of the humanitarian situation demanding more extensive collaboration between military and humanitarian planners than was experienced during the war in Afghanistan, according to the Church of England's Community and Public Affairs Unit (formerly the Board for Social Responsibility).
17 February 2003