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Bishop of Egypt calls on Anglicans to pray and advocate after hostile takeover

Archbishop Mouneer Anis has called on Anglicans to pray and advocate with Egyptian authorities after a court effectively subsumed the diocese into a separate denominational body.

27 October 2016

Australian churches say "let us help" on migrant crisis

An ecumenical body has said that Australia’s faith communities should be allowed to settle and care for asylum seekers being held in offshore detention centres.

25 October 2016

Church leaders: South Africa facing constitutional crisis

South Africa’s church leaders have said that the country is facing a constitutional crisis.

21 October 2016

Aleppo hospital bombing constitutes war crime, says Church in Wales

The Church in Wales has joined five other UK Christian churches in calling for an end to the fighting in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

20 October 2016

Archbishop Welby welcomes Patriarch Kirill to Lambeth Palace

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow, paid a private visit to the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby at Lambeth Palace yesterday (Tuesday).

19 October 2016

Patriarch of Serbia visits the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Pec, Patriarch Irinej, has made an official visit to the UK to mark the centenary of the first Orthodox Christian to preach in Londons St Paul’s Cathedral.

18 October 2016

Anglican solidarity after Roman Catholic cathedral burgled

Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral has donated the proceeds of its collection boxes to its Roman Catholic neighbour, after its boxes were destroyed by burglars.

17 October 2016

New steps on an ancient pilgrimage: Together from Canterbury to Rome

Commnuniqué from the International Anglican Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission following the Iarccum Summit, 30 September - 7 October 2016

07 October 2016

Pope Francis and Archbishop Justin pray for unity

Pope Francis has this morning held a meeting with the Archbishop of Canterbury and other Anglican Primates at the Vatican.

06 October 2016

Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby "undeterred" by "serious obstacles" to unity

Serious obstacles in the path to unity “cannot prevent us from recognising one another as brothers and sisters in Christ”, Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury said.

05 October 2016