The Archbishop of Canterbury has assured Christians and Muslims inEgypt that all who strive for peace and reconciliation in the region”are not forgotten.”
The Most Revd Josiah Fearon, the Anglican Bishop of Kaduna in the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), received the Cross of St Augustine from at Lambeth Palace yesterday.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will on Sunday start a five-day visit to Egypt, Jordan, Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Strategies for tackling HIV and Aids among people in east and south east Asia were top of the agenda for the first day of the Anglican Alliance’s region forum in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui, the Hong Kong Anglican Church, has adopted the Anglican Communion Covenant.
The Archbishop and the Pope affirmed the bonds of “friendship” and”love” between Roman Catholics and Anglicans when they met for thefirst time in Rome this morning.
The news service of the Anglican Communion has today launched its first ever purpose-built news website AnglicanNews.org
The search is on for women education leaders to take part in the2014 Commonwealth Professional Fellowship scheme being run by theAnglican Alliance.
An urgent appeal for funds to help women who have been raped bycombatants in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is being made by the Church of Goma Diocese of Bukavu.
“A catalyst for change” across the Communion is how Archbishop Albert Chama of Central Africa describes the Alliance, as he takes on the position of Chair of the new Board of Trustees.
TheChurch of England has published new legislative proposals toenable women to become bishops which will be debated by the GeneralSynod in July.
This will be the first occasion that Synodmembers have met since November 2012, when the previous legislationnarrowly failed to secure the requisite majority in all three Houses,despite a 73% majority overall.
Members of the Anglican Communion are being asked urgently to pray for an end to the violence in Syria.
Members of the Anglican Communion are being asked to sign a petitionasking the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa- to urge Syria’s leadership to allow humanitarian aid to reachcivilians.
Jesus Christ calls us to step outside the comfort of ourtraditions and places ‘and go into the waves’, the Archbishop ofCanterbury said today in his inauguration ceremony at CanterburyCathedral.
Members of the worldwide Anglican Communion are gearing up fortomorrow’s inauguration of Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby atCanterbury Cathedral.
Despite a century-long decline, religious affiliation has shown a marked resurgence globally since 1970. Both Christianity and Islam make up growing segments of the world’s population. Africa and China have witnessed the most marked religious change.
The modern term would be inauguration, but ‘enthronement’ remains appropriate: this ceremony is all about the Archbishop of Canterbury ‘taking his seat’ – in fact, two seats.
The new Pope has reportedly said the Church universal needs Anglicans and that the Ordinariate is “quite unnecessary”.
Japanese Anglicans made a heartfelt plea for prayer to their Communionsisters today, following an update of the post-disaster situation intheir country.
Mandy Marshall, the Church of England representative at this year’s UNCommission on the Status of Women, (UNCSW) says that educating men andboys is key to preventing violence against women, adding that faithgroups must lead the way.
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