The Primate of Australia has welcomed a proposed referendum on whether the country should allow same-sex marriages; but expressed concern about the “tenor of the debate.”
09 September 2016
Church leaders from around the world have welcomed the announcement that the US and China have ratified the UN’s climate change agreement.
05 September 2016
Churches in India held a “black day” of protest last week against the continuing discrimination faced by Christians and Muslims in the country’s caste system.
15 August 2016
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has repeated his call for the President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, to step down.
03 August 2016
With less than a week before hotly contested local elections, church leaders in South Africa have appealed for calm and asked political leaders of all political parties to help contain dissent.
29 July 2016
The British government have announced a £2.4 million fund to help secure places of worship in England and Wales.
26 July 2016
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has welcomed a new UK-government scheme to allow community groups in the country to directly sponsor a refugee family.
19 July 2016
Churches throughout India are stepping up protests against the country’s discriminatory caste system which disadvantages Dalit Christians and Muslims.
19 July 2016
The C of E's General Synod has called on all members of the Church to “play their part” in the “common task of building a generous and forward looking country”.
08 July 2016
The vice president of Zambia will be the guest of honour at an ecumenical prayer service for prisoners and inmates in Lusaka’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross next week.
08 July 2016