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Anglican Communion welcomes UN call for peace in Ukraine

Chair of the Anglican Communion UN Reference Group, Archbishop Maimbo, has welcomed UN call for peace in the Ukraine.

07 March 2022

Anglican Primates’ Meeting moved from Rome to London

Anglican Primates' Meeting due to take place in March has been transferred from Rome to London due to Covid-related travel restrictions.

11 February 2022

Anglican Communion consulted on greater voice in choice of future Archbishops of Canterbury

The Archbishops’ Council considers a proposal to change the make-up of the body which nominates future Archbishops of Canterbury.

02 February 2022

Indigenous peoples and youth at heart of Anglican engagement with COP26

Indigenous peoples and youth, as well as climate resilience and just financing, are priorities for the Anglican Communion at COP26.

28 October 2021

Secretary General and other Christian leaders unite against “spiral of violence” in Colombia

International group of church leaders join forces in ecumenical effort to urge President Iván Duque Marquéz to end violence in Colombia.

20 May 2021

Churches call for unified political response to community tensions in Northern Ireland

Ecumenical group of church leaders urges Northern Ireland, UK, Irish, and EU leaders to jointly address violence and community tensions.

15 April 2021

Bishop Nicholas Drayson elected as Primate of the Anglican Church of South America

The Bishop of Northern Argentina, Nicholas Drayson, has been elected as the new Primate of the Anglican Church of South America.

02 April 2021

Church leaders say United Kingdom’s “nuclear weapons increase is immoral and wrong”

The Archbishops of York and Wales describe the UK’s intention to increase its nuclear-weapons capacity as both “immoral and wrong”.

02 April 2021

Anglican Church of Burundi and UNICEF mobilise young people for peace building efforts

The Anglican Church of Burundi, in collaboration with UNICEF, have conducted an intensive training course for young people in peace building and social cohesion.

20 April 2020

Election of new World Council of Churches General Secretary delayed by Coronavirus

The Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Dr Agnes Abuom, has announced that this month’s meetings of both the WCC’s Central Committee and its Executive Committee have been postponed. 

10 March 2020