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Archbishops installed as Sarum Canons

The Bishop, the Rt Rev David Stancliffe (left) with the Archbishop of Sudan, the Most Rev Joseph Marona (second left) and Archbishop of Latvia, the Most Rev Janis Vanags (second right) and Honorary Assistant Bishop, the Rt Rev John Kirkham (right) at the installation of the two archbishops as Sarum Canons of Salisbury Cathedral on April 22.

27 May 2002

Churches help with Foot and Mouth

Churches help with Foot and Mouth

When Foot and Mouth Disease was discovered in the Essex slaughterhouse it was already too late to contain it. Masked in sheep it was already incubating across many of the British livestock farms, although this only became clear when the disease ran amok.

27 May 2002

Aberdeen church to tackle sex and violence

Aberdeen church to tackle sex and violence

An Aberdeen church is tackling the thorny subjects of sex and violence during a week packed with lectures and events. 

24 May 2002

Anglican Bishop pleads for those who are suffering in the Holy Land

Anglican Bishop pleads for those who are suffering in the Holy Land

"We are here in this church to show our solidarity with the remnant of the Church in the Holy Land: we are one with them. We are not here to make a political protest, though the political implications of what we are doing are inevitable." These words of Anglican Bishop Robin Smith were heard by hundreds who gathered on Wednesday in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square

17 May 2002

Apartheid in the Holy Land

Apartheid in the Holy Land

In a strongly worded address recently given at a conference held in Boston, Massachusetts, the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, the Rt Revd Desmond Tutu, expressed his grave concern for the current state of affairs in the Holy Land. 

15 May 2002

Holywood Bible translation for Bosnia

Holywood Bible translation for Bosnia

The Ministry for Europe Trust, based in Holywood, County Down, has just completed the printing and publishing of the first Bible into the Bosnian language.

02 May 2002

Addressing Global Issues

Addressing Global Issues

by the Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Bishop of Rochester

02 May 2002

Service of Witness and Solidarity with Christians and those who are suffering in the Holy Land

Service of Witness and Solidarity with Christians and those who are suffering in the Holy Land

he British Regional Committee (BRC) of St George's College, Jerusalem, will sponsor a Service of Witness and Solidarity with the beleaguered Christian community and those who are suffering in the Holy Land on Wednesday 15 May at St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square.

02 May 2002

Synagogue Reconstruction Fund

Synagogue Reconstruction Fund

Attacks on synagogues have proliferated in recent weeks in Europe as well as elsewhere, as the situation has deteriorated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

01 May 2002

Message from the Bishop of Jerusalem

Message from the Bishop of Jerusalem

I want to thank you all for your continued support, your messages, and all your thoughts and prayers at this time.

24 April 2002