The Bishop of Leicester, the Rt Revd Dr Thomas Butler, and Mr Manzoor Moghal, Chairman, Federation of Muslim Organisations in Leicestershire, have issued a joint statement this week on the situation in Iraq
03 March 1998
(ENI) The head of the World Bank and senior figures from the world's major faiths, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, are to meet later this month for a dialogue that has already been described as a "huge potential breakthrough" in moves to alleviate global poverty.
23 February 1998
Two versions of the Lord's Prayer will appear in the Church of England's new service books - Common Worship -, the new modern version and the modified traditional version. The modern translation replaces the phrase "And lead us not into temptation" with "Save us from the time of trial" and the word "trespass" has become "sin".
23 February 1998
(CT) A nationwide consultation on the implications of human cloning was launched in London last week by the Human Genetics Advisory Commission (HGAC) and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).
18 February 1998
"During yesterday's debate on the Agenda, members of Synod voiced concerns about Government policy towards Iraq, and we prayed together for a peaceful outcome. I have received many representations from Church people in this country and around the Anglican Communion about the situation in Iraq and about the risks of military action
11 February 1998
(ENI) St Paul's Anglican Cathedral in London has started a competition to find a new hymn to celebrate the new millennium.
30 January 1998
(CT/ACNS) Plans are well underway for a national Christian youth festival in London organised by the Archbishop of Canterbury's youth team. The event will happen in May 1999 and is entitled - The Time of Our Lives. It is hoped that 5,000 young Anglicans from all the dioceses of the Church will take part in a weekend of music, comedy, clubbing and cabaret and worship. Bishops have been encouraged to send 100 young people from each of their dioceses to the even. The climax of the event will be a Eucharist celebrated by the Archbishop in the Wembley Arena.
23 January 1998
(CEN) Before Christmas the British Government launched the Mauritius Mandate, a five point plan to help resolve the debt problems of the poorer countries of the world and to enable them to reach a point of sustainable growth. The launch was attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Cardinal Hume of the Roman Catholic Church.
12 January 1998
Relations between the Church of England and the Roman Catholic Church have taken a further step with the publication of a Response by the House of Bishops to the Pope's 1995 Encyclical on Christian unity Ut Unum Sint. In the Encyclical, the Pope invited 'church leaders and their theologians' to engage with him 'in a patient and fraternal dialogue' on the ministry of unity which belongs to the Bishop of Rome.
12 January 1998
A senior official of the United Reformed Church in the United Kingdom has suggested that planned "formal conversations" on unity between the Church of England and the Methodist Church should be widened to include the URC.
23 December 1997