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Church of South India elects first woman bishop

The Church of South India has today appointed its first woman bishop. The Revd Eggoni Pushpalalitha was ordained in 1983 and has most recently been a priest in the Diocese of Nadyal in Andhra Pradesh.

All Saint’s Church in Peshawar prior to the bombing. Photo: Courtesy of the diocese of Peshawar

Anglicans shocked and saddened by Pakistan bombings

Anglicans in Pakistan and around the world have expressed shock and sadness after two suicide bombers killed around 80 people and injured 200 at a church in Pakistan.

Four days after his kidnap, Archbishop Ignatius Kattey has still not been released. Photo: Church of Nigeria

Despite archbishop kidnap, church to meet

Senior leaders of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) will still meet for their bi-annual Standing Committee, despite the kidnapping of their Provincial Dean.

A fourth generation priest, the Rev. Dr. Helen-Ann Hartley, will be the first woman priest ordained in the Church of England to be a bishop. Photo: Stephen Barker/ANZP

English female priest elected NZ bishop

An English priest, the Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, has been elected as the new Bishop of Waikato Diocese in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand & Polynesia.

‘Every blessing’ at Rosh Hashanah

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has issued the following statement wishing Jewish communities “every blessing” at Rosh Hashanah, which marks the start of the Jewish New Year.

Southern Malawi Bishop James Tengatenga. File photo: Marites N. Sison

Tutu defends bishop of Malawi

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is one of fourteen signatories to an article in Living Church magazine entitled Defending Bishop Tengatenga.

“Intervention from abroad will declare open season on the Christian communities,” warns Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in a speech delivered during the House of Lords’ debate on Syria Aug. 29. Photo: ACNS

Welby addresses Syria debate

My Lords, I very much welcome the opportunity to have been able to speak later in this debate because of the extraordinary quality of many of the contributions that have been made, and how much one can learn by listening to them.

The conflict in Syria has been raging for more than two years now. This photo was taken last March 22, 2013. Photo by: fpolat69/Shutterstock

Archbishops urge caution on Syria

Both Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, have warned of the consequences of military action in Syria.

ChurchAds.net founders are focusing on the slogan, Christmas starts with Christ, to remind Brits about the true meaning of Christmas. Photo: ChurchAds.net

Christmas in August

A marketing initiative established to remind Brits about the true meaning of Christmas is trying something different this year.

Anglicans in Melbourne say the competition exploits “the desperate situations of female asylum seekers escaping horrific situations” and is “shameful.” Photo: ACNS

‘Sexist’ competition draws Anglican ire

An Anglican committee for promoting equality and respect has called for change in print and online media after a men’s magazine ran a competition to find “Australia’s Hottest Asylum Seeker.”

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby offers Ramadan greetings to Muslim leaders at Central Jamia Masjid mosque, Southall, London. Photo: Marc Gascoigne/Lambeth Palace

Archbishop Welby offers Ramadan greetings

Archbishop Justin Welby has spoken of the “joyful” work of building Christian-Muslim relationships in his first annual message to Muslims on Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of Ramadan.

The bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Jerusalem, Suheil Dawani, leads a diocese with 7,000 members spread across five political regions. Photo: Art Babych

Jerusalem bishop outlines plans for diocese

The Bishop of Jerusalem, the Rt Revd Suheil Dawani, has outlined plans for a £33 million British Pounds (US$ 50 million) development plan for the his diocese and is seeking the views of the wider Anglican Communion as the proposals take shape.

Re-enactors of the Battle of Bosworth take Richard III’s body to Greyfriars Monastery. Photo: Paul Benjamin Tebbutt

Cathedral prepares to receive Richard III

The burial of a king is usually a significant event: full of pomp andpageantry, ritual and ceremony. And the same will be true when Englandburies its king in Leicester Cathedral in the coming months – despitethe fact that the king in question, Richard III, died more than 500years ago and that his first burial in what was then the church of theGreyfriars’ monastery was anything-but ceremonial.

Bishop Abraham Ackah (left) with Canon Lloyd Anthony. Photo: St. Joseph’s Episcopal Church, Sefwi-Wiawso

Bishop urges ‘restraint’ in Ghana

The Bishop of Wiawso, in the Church of the Province of West Africa, has called for Ghanaians to show “restraint” as the country’s Supreme Court prepares to rule on a petition to overturn the results of last December’s presidential election.

Young women affected by the conflict sign for micro credit small business loans. Photo: Anglican Alliance

War worsens for Congolese women

Reports of fresh fighting around Goma and attacks on women in theconflict zone have been sent to the Anglican Alliance, the Anglican Communion’s relief and development agency, from the Church inthe Democratic Republic of Congo.

Map of the 2011 earthquake and proximity to nuclear power plants in Japan. Illustration: Wikimedia Commons/Maximilian Dorrbecker

Anglicans call for nuclear truth in Japan

The Anglican Church in Japan/Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK) has launched the second phase of its Isshoni Aruko(Let Us Walk Together) project, set up after the earthquake, tsunamiand nuclear fallout of March 2011 that left tens of thousands dead,missing or injured.

Photo: Courtesy Anglican Communion News Service

C of E to vote on women bishops again

The General Synod has reaffirmed itscommitment to women bishops and called, less than a year after theprevious proposals were rejected, for new draft legislation to beintroduced.

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