In a week when the peace process in Northern Ireland has run into its most difficult time since the signing of the Belfast Agreement, the Archbishop of Armagh, the Most Revd Robin Eames, has called for both sides to build trust and confidence so that peace can be secured.
11 February 2000
The founder of the Samaritans in Ireland, Canon Billy Wynne, died recently at the age of 84. He was a canon of St Anne's Church in Dublin's Dawson Street. He was previously Rector of Monkstown, Co Dublin and Delgany, Co Wicklow.
11 February 2000
The Gospels do not give a description of Jesus' appearance, nor do any other early Christian texts. Yet everyone has a picture of what they think Christ looked like. The National Gallery in London is marking the year 2000 with an exhibition that explores aspects of the representation of Jesus Christ over two millennia.
08 February 2000
The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross has launched its web site, which contains a welcome from the Bishop, practical information about the Church of Ireland, parish profiles, and links to other parts of the Anglican family.
08 February 2000
I am delighted to be with you and celebrate with great joy the dawn of a new Millennium in London, our Capital. May I express my gratitude to the London Church Leaders for inviting me to address you. Also to the Revd Martin Broadbent for welcoming us so warmly and allowing the use of this splendid space
07 February 2000
Over the last decade or so an Anglican school chaplaincy has grown into a congregation and recently into a Mission District. In late 1989 the Serian Anglican Congregation was formed from a small group of civil servants in Serian. They had visiting priests to lead their services, held in a different house each Sunday.
31 January 2000
Ahead of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Churches Together in England (CTE) has encouraged local churches to take special care in the way they arrange united services of Holy Communion.
26 January 2000
In November 1998 the General Synod of the Church of England passed a resolution recognising that church schools stand at the centre of the Church's mission to the nation. In response, the Archbishops' Council has set up a Church Schools Review Group, which met for the first time on 11th January under the chairmanship of Lord Dearing.
26 January 2000
The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Revd Michael Nazir-Ali, has called for a wide ranging review of the democratic process in Pakistan, with special attention to the rights and needs of minorities.
26 January 2000
With an anticipated 30,000 visitors a day and 5,000 staff, the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, South London, is rather like an international airport. The company that operates the Dome has worked with the churches to appoint a team of twenty Christian chaplains, two of whom will be on duty whenever the Dome is open to the public.
19 January 2000