We are gathered on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the formation of Province of South East Asia to give thanks for the ministry of Archbishop Yong Ping Chung and to rejoice in the installation of Bishop John Chew as the Third Archbishop.
23 February 2006
Delivered at the Anglican Cathedral, Porto Alegre, Brazil on 19 February, 2006. I bring you greetings on behalf of the world-wide Anglican Communion to this celebration in the middle of the World Council of Churches Assembly meeting here in Brazil. My own church is the Church of Ireland. A very small church on the a small island located in western Europe
20 February 2006
If someone says to you 'Identify yourself!' you will probably answer first by giving your name - then perhaps describing the work you do, the place you come from, the relations in which you stand. In many cultures, you would give the name of your parents or your extended family
17 February 2006
Porto Alegre, Brazil - 'God has given us the gift of life and we have abused it.' These words are from the report by Dr. Samuel Kobia, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches (WCC), to the gathered delegates of the ninth General Assembly that opened on February 14 in Porto Alegre, Brazil
17 February 2006
The first Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the 21st century opens in Porto Alegre, Brazil, today, 14 February, under the theme 'God, in your grace, transform the world.'
14 February 2006
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, has sent a greeting to the opening of the 9th World Council of Churches Assembly which formally begins in Porto Alegre, Brazil, today (14th February).
14 February 2006
With the soon-to-be released DVD 'Shall We Gather: Anglican Women Together,' Anglican women have taken another step toward making their voices heard loud and clear.The DVD documents the 2005 gathering of the Anglican Communion's delegates to the 49th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women
09 February 2006
It is impossible to speak about these things just at present without mentioning the events of the past week. The controversies over free speech versus blasphemy and offence have cast quite a shadow over the prospects of increased trust between different cultures and faiths
09 February 2006
I begin with two extracts from letters by Bonhoeffer, the first from a letter of 1933 to Bishop Bell of Chichester. He wrote, in English
06 February 2006
In the course of his life, Dietrich Bonhoeffer spent significant time in many very different European contexts - notably in Spain, Britain, Italy and Scandinavia - as well as in the USA.
03 February 2006