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Death announced of South Africa's first woman priest

The first woman to be ordained a priest in South Africa has died, it has been announced. The Revd Canon Nancy Charton served at Grahamstown Cathedral as a lay minister and Sunday School teacher before being ordained there first as a deacon and then, in 1992, she was one of three women ordained priest by the late Bishop David Russell.

11 November 2015

Religious leaders join voices in call for global access to palliative care for children

Leading experts in the field of paediatric palliative care from around the world gathered in Rome, Italy, yesterday (Wednesday, 10 November) to meet with leaders of different faiths, human rights advocates and the parents of children who have died or who are facing death, to call for global access to children’s palliative care.

11 November 2015

Anglican Communion Compass Rose Society holds annual meeting in London

Secretary General offers hopeful outlook; Archbishop Welby addresses society; Study trip to Rome scheduled for 2016; Society plans endowment for the work of Anglican Consultative Council

10 November 2015

Communique of the International Reformed-Anglican Dialogue Kochi India 31 October 2015

Communiqué of the International Reformed-Anglican Dialogue, meeting in Kochi, India, 31 October 2015

10 November 2015

Synod evacuated as fire destroys cathedral and diocesan centre

The Umzimvubu diocese’s Glenthorne Centre, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, was destroyed by fire on Saturday as diocesan Synod members concluded their budget-setting meeting in the building.

09 November 2015

Urgent prayer request from Egypt - flood relief

The Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and the Horn of Africa, in the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East, has issued an urgent prayer request following flash flooding in much of Egypt's Delta Region.

09 November 2015

The hell from whence he came

While persecuted Christian refugees are praying for entry into Australia, one Sudanese man is risking it all to make a difference by returning to his homeland.

09 November 2015

South Sudan bishop visits USA to speak about peace and reconciliation efforts

The Bishop of Nzara, Samuel Enosa Peni, has told a congregation at Trinity Episcopal Church in Waterloo, Iowa, about life for Christians in South Sudan under five decades of civil war, a brief moment of unity at the new nation’s Independence Day, and then another civil war.

06 November 2015

Bishop welcomes "significant" global discussion on discrimination, persecution and martyrdom

A global consultation on discrimination, persecution and martyrdom facing Christians in different parts of the world, that took place Albania this week, has been described as “significant” by the Bishop of Woolwich, a member of the Anglican Communion’s Network for Interfaith Concerns (NIFCON) management group.

06 November 2015

Lawyer appointed to chair board of Episcopal Relief and Development

A leading US lawyer, Daniel McNeel Lane Jr (Neel), has been appointed as the new chair of the Board of Directors of the Episcopal Church in America’s development agency, Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD). The agency works with more than three million people in nearly 40 countries worldwide to overcome poverty, hunger and disease. 

05 November 2015