Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, is this Christmas encircled by towering walls and militarized fences, turning the 4,000 year old city into a virtual prison for its 160,000 citizens. Bethlehem will soon have only three gates to the outside world, all controlled by the Israeli army.
15 December 2005
Following the explosion at the Buncefield Oil Depot at Hemel Hemsptead, the Bishop of St Albans said, "My prayers and thoughts are with the injured and with the emergency services who are continuing to fight the fire and support the many hundreds of people whose lives have been affected by this explosion.
15 December 2005
The Spirit you have received is not a spirit of slavery, leading you back into a life of fear, but a Spirit of adoption, enabling us to cry 'Abba! Father!' (Romans 8.15)
17 November 2005
To begin by asking this audience, 'Why are you here?' may sound just a bit negative (shades of the wartime challenge, 'Was your journey really necessary?'). But it's meant as a serious and an open question.
17 November 2005
Hundreds of members of the new Synod of the Church of England join with Her Majesty the Queen, for a Communion Service to mark the opening of the 'church's parliament'. The synod is re-formed every 5 years and the Queen by custom attends the Eucharist and speaks at the opening session, in her role of Supreme Governor of the Church of England
15 November 2005
[Inverness, California] Charles, the Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attended All Saints Sunday services at the Parish Church and Retreat House of St. Columba's in the quaint California seaside town of Inverness
11 November 2005
The Queen has approved the nominations of the Reverend Canon Anthony Porter to the Suffragan See of Sherwood, in the Diocese of Southwell, in succession to the Right Reverend Alan Wyndham Morgan and the nomination of the Reverend Canon John Frank Ford to the Suffragan See of Plymouth, in the Diocese of Exeter, in succession to the Right Reverend John Henry Garton.
08 November 2005
Three Christian maritime societies have signed an agreement to work more closely together for the benefit of seafarers.
28 October 2005
Her Majesty The Queen will inaugurate the Eighth General Synod of the Church of England in Church House, Westminster on Tuesday, 15 November.
21 October 2005
The Most Rev'd Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda, with the August 2004 consent of the House of Bishops of the Church of Uganda has appointed a priest of the Church of England, the Rev'd Prebendary Sandy Millar, as Assistant Bishop in the Church of Uganda
21 October 2005