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Declaration of Muslim Imams and Bishops and Clergy of Egypt

Declaration of Muslim Imams and Bishops and Clergy of Egypt

Dr. Fawzy El Zefzaf & Dr. Ali El Simman, the Deputies of the Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar, Dr. Said Tantawi together with Bishop Mouneer H. Anis of the Anglican Church in Egypt and North Africa, Bishop Yohanna Kolta representing Patriarch Estaphenous II of the Roman Catholic Church in Egypt and Bishop Moses representing Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church

20 November 2000

Treasures Within

Treasures Within

The Church in Wales has surveyed all its churches to identify resources that could help promote churches as tourist attractions. Every parish in Wales received a survey form from a group of tourism consultants. 'The preliminary results of this survey confirm that the Church in Wales has a superb opportunity to support and help churches develop strategies and maximise opportunities for ministering to visitors and pilgrims

10 November 2000

Address by the Bishop of London at the Memorial Service for Lord Runcie

Address by the Bishop of London at the Memorial Service for Lord Runcie

The last occasion on which I heard Robert Runcie speak in public was in support of an appeal for another Abbey, St Albans. There had been some muddle about who, precisely, was to speak and Robert modestly suggested that he was a mere substitute and he told a story about Archbishop Donald Coggan.

10 November 2000

Church in Wales Jubilee Fund

Church in Wales Jubilee Fund

One of the projects being supported by the Church in Wales Jubilee Fund is Rawdat El-Zuhur School, a Christian-run primary school in East Jerusalem. In addition to funding the provision of school dinners for children at the school, some schools in Wales have linked with Rawdat El-Zuhur, pupils corresponding through the exchange of e-mails

01 November 2000

Too much awe and wonder

Too much awe and wonder

Does Christianity hold the key to the crisis of morale in the teaching profession in Britain? That's what a unique web site and conference in Bristol, England, sets out to discover this month.

23 October 2000

Queen visits Anglican Centre in Rome for ecumenical gathering

Queen visits Anglican Centre in Rome for ecumenical gathering

After meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Anglican Centre in Rome, on 17 October, 2000, at 12.30 p.m.

17 October 2000

A Tragic Reversal: Madeleine Albright's View of Reality

A Tragic Reversal: Madeleine Albright's View of Reality

In her interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" (Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000), US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright represented the epitome of the willful blindness, moral vacuum, human insensitivity, political cynicism, and strategic ignorance that have characterized the US handling of the Arab-Israeli

13 October 2000

Resolution from Joint Standing Committee

Resolution from Joint Standing Committee

The following resolution was passed by the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Maidstone, England, 13 October 2000

13 October 2000

Irish Translation

Irish Translation

The Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland has recently been elected to the See of Limerick of Killaloe by an Electoral College meeting in Dublin.

12 October 2000

Urgent Appeal

Urgent Appeal

There is no doubt that the current violent conflict targeting the Liberated Palestinian Territories, Jerusalem and the Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel has markedly escalated over the past twenty-four hours.

11 October 2000