French anti-terror police are investigating an attack on a church in Saint-Etienne du Rouvray in which the priest was killed and another worshiper seriously injured.
26 July 2016
The chaplain of the Anglican Church in Nice has told BBC radio that the French city is stunned by Thursday night’s attack which left 84 people dead and dozens more injured.
16 July 2016
Bishops responsible for European churches for the US-based Episcopal Church and the Church of England have urged people to pray following last night’s terrorist attacks in Nice.
15 July 2016
Last night’s terror attack at Istanbul International Airport has been met with a wave of prayer from Anglican and other Christian leaders.
29 June 2016
Six months after terrorists brought death and destruction to the streets of Paris; and just over six weeks since similar carnage was visited on Brussels, leaving more than 160 people dead and many more injured, ACNS spoke to the clergy of the Anglican churches in the cities to see how they and their congregations are coping now.
11 May 2016
A Pakistani provincial government minister for minority religious affairs has been shot and killed in the northwest of the country. Sardar Soran Singh was a member of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa provincial assembly; holding one of the seats reserved for religious minorities. He was the Chief Minister's special advisor on minorities affairs.
04 May 2016
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, gave a presidential address to members of the Anglican Consultative Council following evensong at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, Zambia, during the gathering for ACC-16. This is the full text of Archbishop Welby’s address, as delivered.
15 April 2016
Around 200 Christians, Muslims and Hindus gathered yesterday (Sunday) at the site of last weekend’s horrific Easter Day bomb attack for a united act of solidarity and sympathy for the victims of the attack; as the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby wrote that church leaders need to go “beyond condemnation” of such terror attacks.
04 April 2016
The Prime Minister of Pakistan has said that the heart of every Pakistani was broken and that the whole nation was in the state of grief and sorrow during a televised address to the nation following the horrific Easter Day bomb attack in Lahore that left at least 72 people dead and more than 300 injured.
30 March 2016
Pakistan is at breaking point, the Moderator of the Church of Pakistan has said in response to the Easter Day massacre at the Gulshan-e Iqbal Park in Lahore. At least 72 people were killed and more than 300 injured after a bomb exploded in the park in an attack targeting Christian families celebrating Easter. Many of the dead are women and children
29 March 2016