The first women to be ordained priests in the Church in Wales will be so ordered at Epiphanytide with services taking place in all six Welsh cathedrals.
07 October 1996
The Scottish Episcopal Church has launched a new mission and evangelism venture entitled Mission 21. The initiative began a year ago when Archbishop Desmond Tutu invigorated the Scottish Episcopal Church with new energy and commitment.
07 October 1996
The Polish Government has finally granted full rights to the country's first Anglican chaplaincy since World War II. David Williams, the first resident Anglican priest to minister in Poland in 50 years, said that official registration would enable the chaplaincy to "operate freely" in conformity with Polish law. "We are and will remain only a tiny community here, and we have no intention of taking members from other Churches", the British priest said.
07 October 1996
Leaders of Christian Churches in Jerusalem have issued an urgent call for an end to the violence that has caused the death of more than 50 people in two days and has brought Israelis and Palestinians close to the brink of all-out war.
07 October 1996
The Porvoo Declaration, signed at Trondheim, Norway, 1 September, has drawn strong comment from Anglican and Lutheran leaders.
07 October 1996
For three day now we have witnessed ugly scenes of brutality, bloodshed and unnecessary loss of life in the wake of the present Israeli Government's refusal to negotiate with the Palestinians Authority and move towards complete implementation of the Oslo Accords.
01 October 1996
The Archbishop of Canterbury has sent a message to President Yassir Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu saying he was "deeply troubled by the sudden upsurge of violence in the Holy Land" and appealing to them "to bring an end to this suffering" and to recognise "the real danger of the present conflict".
30 September 1996
Address by the Most Revd. Robin Eames, Archbishop of Armagh at the Porvoo Agreement Service to celebrate the signing of the agreement in Tallinn Cathedral, Estonia on 8 September 1996.
27 September 1996
The Standing Committee of the Church of Ireland wishes to place on record its condemnation of all acts of violence and intimidation and especially those of recent months in Northern Ireland.
26 September 1996
The Kuwaiti convert, Robert Hussein, who feared for his life, has taken refuge in the United States of America after months of hiding in Kuwait.
02 September 1996