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Easter message from Primus David Chillingworth

An Easter message from the Most Revd David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

25 March 2016

Easter message from Archbishop Michael Jackson

An Easter message from the Most Revd Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland

25 March 2016

Good Friday Thought for the Day by Archbishop Justin Welby

The Archbishop of Canterbury gave the Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Good Friday, the day on which Christians remember the death of Jesus on the cross.

25 March 2016

Easter Messages from Anglican primates

The Anglican Communion News Service has compiled a number of Easter Messages from Anglican primates, Archbishops and other Church leaders.

25 March 2016

Archbishop of Canterbury's Chaplain to be new Bishop of Dorking

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s chaplain, the Revd Canon Dr Jo Wells, is to become the next Bishop of Dorking in the Church of England’s Guildford Diocese. Dr Wells will assist the Rt Revd Andrew Watson in leading the diocese, and will have a particular responsibility for nurturing nurture vocations and working with the many schools and colleges in the diocese.

24 March 2016

Queen breaks with tradition for Royal Maundy in her 90th year

Queen Elizabeth II has today taken part in the traditional Royal Maundy service but in a break from the usual tradition of visiting a different cathedral each year and selecting recipients from the local dioceses; the Queen held the ceremony in Windsor Castle’s St George’s Chapel and the elderly recipients were selected from throughout England.

24 March 2016

C of E wins first battle against ExxonMobil on climate change

Shareholders in ExxonMobil will be allowed to vote on a climate change resolution brought by the Church of England and other significant institutional investors, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) blocked an attempt by the oil giant to leave the motion off the agenda of May’s annual meeting of shareholders.

24 March 2016

Welsh churches unite in forum to safeguard children and vulnerable adults

The Church in Wales has joined with other Christian denominations in the country as well as expert and survivor organisations in a new forum to safeguard children and vulnerable adults and to ensure that all churches in Wales are safe places for them.

23 March 2016

Brussels pro-cathedral's Chrism Eucharist an "act of defiance" against terror attacks

A scheduled Chrism Mass at the Diocese in Europe’s pro-cathedral in Brussels went ahead this afternoon in an “act of defiance” against the terrorists who killed at least 34 people and injured 198 more in a series of bomb attacks in the city’s airport and a metro station.

22 March 2016

Statement from the Anglican Communion delegation at UN-CSW60

The Anglican Communion delegation at the 60th meeting of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UN-CSW60) have issued a statement, which begins: “We . . . have experienced a deep sisterhood in our time together. Our sisterhood is built on mutual respect and love, and the relationships in Christ we have with each other.”

22 March 2016