The Anglican Church in Brazil has teamed up with its national ecumenical partners to focus on the environment in the run-up to Easter. In his Lent message, Archbishop Francisco de Assis da Silva, says that members of the National Council of Christian Churches in Brazil had adopted Our Common Home: Our Responsibility as their theme for their Lent reflections.
11 February 2016
Anglicans and other Christians are being challenged to take enjoy a candlelit dinner as part of a series of challenges for a “carbon fast” during Lent. The initiative comes from the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and is being supported by the Anglican Communion’s Environmental Network (ACEN).
25 January 2016
The refugee crisis and the environment were amongst issues discussed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, and the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew, today during the extended visit by the leader of the Orthodox family of churches to Lambeth Palace.
03 November 2015
The Bishop of Saldanha Bay in South Africa has used a speech to his diocesan synod to challenge the exploitation of the world’s resources.
16 October 2015
The Diocese of Cape Town in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has launched its stewardship campaign with the message that stewardship is “not just about giving money – it’s about giving everything” - including trash.
08 October 2015
The Primate of Brazil has welcomed the United Nations’ new programme of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and has called on churches in the Province to adopt them so that they can “help to shape our communities into agents of transformation.”
05 October 2015
Caring for creation is urgent theological and spiritual challenge, says ACEN secretary
02 October 2015
Governing body resolution follows similar action in England, New Zealand and the United States
23 September 2015
Conference at Coventry Cathedral looks at how to reconcile a wounded planet
22 September 2015
At root climate change is a ‘spiritual problem’, says lead Bishop for the environment
27 August 2015