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Jan Butter, Anglican Communion director of communications, announces the relaunch of Anglican World at the recent Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Auckland, New Zealand. Photo/ACNS

Anglican World magazine relaunches

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has spoken about the ‘state of the Communion’ in the official magazine of the Anglican Communion, relaunched at the recent

Bishop Justin Welby, who will become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in March, said "no one could be more surprised than me." Photo: Keith Blundy / Aegies AssociatesBishop Justin Welby, who will become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury in March, said "no one could be more surprised than me." Photo: Keith Blundy / Aegies Associates

Lambeth confirms new Archbishop of Canterbury

The Rt. Rev. Justin Welby, 56, bishop of Durham, will become the next Archbishop of Canterbury. Today’s announcement from Lambeth Palace follows the Queen’s approval

Suzanne Lawson (centre), lay delegate of the Anglican Church of Canada, spoke with enthusiasm about her participation in the Continuing Indaba process. Photo: Mary Frances Schjonberg

Future of continuing indaba secured by ACC vote

A wide variety of members presented the report from the continuing indaba program at the meeting today of the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Auckland,

Going to the heart of the Christian faith

Ethics in the Presence of Christ by Christopher R.J. Holmes, T&T Clark, 2012 ISBN:978-0-567-49173-2 $41.95 When I was involved in youth ministry, I found myself

Father David Mullholland, 74, chaplain at the Mission to Seafarers, Toronto, shares a laugh with two homesick young men from Shanghai. Photo: Alyssa Bistonath

‘We’ll get you some dumplings’

It’s a rainy morning at the Port of Oshawa, Ont., and burly stevedores swarm around the Heloise, a huge ship from China, hoisting long poles

WASTE NOT, WANT NOT: Members of the Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation prepare to drive their trailer of pews, donated by deconsecrated Anglican churches in the diocese of British Columbia, to Anglican churches in northern Saskatchewan. Photo: Terry Loehr

Project Pews to the rescue

They say that every cloud has a silver lining. For the congregations of nine deconsecrated Anglican churches in Victoria, B.C., that silver lining has taken

Dr Rowan Williams and ACC members will be greeted with a wero (challenge) from young Maori Anglicans brandishing a taiaha (spear). Photo: Jose Gil

Youth to challenge Archbishop of Canterbury

The first thing the Archbishop of Canterbury will face at tomorrow’s Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) opening ceremony will be a guttural challenge from the young

Vicar Academy shadows ordinands from St. Michael’s College, Cardiff, to explore the changes and challenges facing the Church in Wales. Photo: Church in Wales

Scientist trains to be a vicar…on TV

A scientist who gave up his job in alternative technology to train as a vicar stars in a new TV series starting next week. Marcus

Bishop Mouneer Hanna Anis of the diocese of Egypt (left), who led the launch of the online magazine, seen here with Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Azad Marshall, Bishop in Iran. Photo: ACC 14 Kingston Jamaica

Interfaith website relaunched in Egypt

It was Egyptian media that brought the appalling “Innocence of Muslims” trailer to the wider attention of Muslims around the world. The consequences have been

Archbishop Eliud Wabukala and Bishop Joel Waweru pray Ian Muchiri, 7, at Kenyatta National Hospital Children’s Ward in Nairobi. Photo: Anglican Church of Kenya

Archbishop of Kenya condemns attack

Following the explosive attack at Anglican Church of Kenya’s St. Polycarp Parish on Juja Road in Nairobi yesterday, Archbishop Dr. Eliud Wabukala joined other religious

The Rt Revd Dr Solomon Johnson, who is currently the Bishop of Gambia, was elected ninth primate of the Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa. Photo: ENS

West Africa province elects new primate

The Anglican Church of the Province of West Africa on September 28 elected the Rt Revd Dr Solomon Johnson as its ninth Archbishop and Primate.

"The government and faith leaders in Pakistan have a role to play in educating people that they have the right to protest, but to damage property and terrify people in this way is completely wrong," says a bishop. Photo: Asia-Net Pakistan

Bishops condemn attack on church compound

Thousands of people today broke into a church compound in Pakistan, burnt down the church, and destroyed the homes of two priests and the school

Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, the Anglican Alliance workshop looked for the best strategies for supporting micro-financed businesses. Photo: Hector Conesa / Shutterstock.com

Anglican Alliance focuses on micro-finance

Calls for world leaders to increase access to finance and markets for poor people came at the end of the Anglican Alliance workshop in Nairobi.

The global financial crisis can not overshadow the need to create sustainable economies, says the European Churches Environment Network. Photo: amenic181

Churches call for a green economy

Radical changes to tackle climate change were discussed by over 90 participants from Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant churches from 22 countries at the 9th Assembly

Some countries, including major powers, want ammunition excluded from the treaty. Photo: jakelv7500

Arms treaty must include ammunition, say leaders

Christian leaders representing organizations comprising some 90 percent of the world’s two billion Christians have issued a joint appeal to the 194 governments currently negotiating

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