The number of people displaced from their homes by war and persecution hit a record-breaking 65.3 million people by the end of 2015, the UN said today in a report released to mark World Refugee Day.
20 June 2016
The long-planned Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox churches is getting underway in Crete; despite the absence of a number of churches over un-resolved differences.
16 June 2016
A new daily devotional produced by Anglican and Lutheran church leaders will be published later this year to help Christians in the two communions mark next year’s 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation.
15 June 2016
Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders were joined by senior figures from other Christian denominations last night at a special choral evensong in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome.
15 June 2016
The Anglican mission agency Mission to Seafarers has launched a Corporate Partnerships Portfolio with suggestions for how the maritime industry can deliver on corporate social responsibility.
14 June 2016
Issues of refugee migration by sea and its effect on crews caught up in the humanitarian crisis is the focus of a presentation by the Mission to Seafarers today (10 June) in Piraeus, Greece.
10 June 2016
Celebrations to mark the Queen's official 90th birthday began today (10 June) with a national service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral.
10 June 2016
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has endorsed the nomination of Palestinian political prisoner, MP Marwan Barghouthi, for the Nobel Peace Prize.
09 June 2016
The Archbishop of Canterbury has written to Primates around the Anglican Communion and to Moderators of the United Churches calling for prayers for the leaders of the Orthodox Church. They are preparing to gather for Holy Council later this month.
08 June 2016
The world will be watching when the UK votes on whether to stay in the EU later this month. Anglican clergy across the continent are watching the campaign. Several chaplains in the Diocese of Europe have been giving ACNS their perspective.
08 June 2016