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Scottish College of Bishops Releases Statement

Scottish College of Bishops Releases Statement

The College of Bishops of the Scottish Episcopal Church released a statement, yesterday, concerning future discussion of issues raised by the Windsor Report in the Province.

08 June 2005

People Power Challenges Church On Unity

People Power Challenges Church On Unity

A group of parishioners from the South Yorkshire ex-mining village of Grimethorpe set off this month on an epic pilgrimage to Italy, to plead for closer unity between Catholics and the Church of England.

03 June 2005

Vicar of Nazareth appeals for help

An appeal for the churches in Britain to help bring an end to the inequality and discrimination suffered by Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land was made today by Father Samuel Barhoum, Anglican Vicar of Nazareth

31 May 2005

Archbishop Eames on the way ahead for Anglicanism

Archbishop Eames on the way ahead for Anglicanism

Addressing a diocesan clergy meeting in Armagh the Archbishop said:'The search for a theology of communion is the obvious priority for Anglicanism at this time.

23 May 2005

Archdeacon's Rallying Call

Archdeacon's Rallying Call

The Archdeacon of Doncaster, Venerable Bob Fitzharris, last night urged congregations to get up and be involved with society and culture to make sure the Christian message is heard.

20 May 2005

Easier access to doctrine classics

Easier access to doctrine classics

Church of England doctrine becomes more accessible with the publication of Contemporary Doctrine Classics.

20 May 2005

Patriarch of Babylon visits Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris

Patriarch of Babylon visits Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris

His Beatitude, Emmanuel III Delly, Patriarch of Babylon and head of the Chaldean Church in Iraq, made a Pentecost visit to the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Paris, France, where the Solemn Evensong was sung in his honor.

16 May 2005

Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermon at Service of Remembrance

Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermon at Service of Remembrance

What is left when the waters have receded? We will all have in our minds the pictures we saw in December and January of a landscape of wreckage and horror. For many here, that will be a picture of how they felt as they first faced the reality of loss, or the fear of hearing the worst - standing in a ruined world, familiar landmarks destroyed, numb with loss.

13 May 2005

470th Commemoration of the Martyrdom of St John Houghton. London Charterhouse

Between 1535 and 1540 seventeen monks and lay brothers of The London Charterhouse, a Carthusian monastery, were put to death because they would not accept the Act of Supremacy. The first to be executed was the Prior of Charterhouse, St John Houghton

06 May 2005

Archbishop of Canterbury's Sermon at the 60th anniversary of Christian Aid at St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's second letter to Corinth is about how the world can reflect God's glory back to its maker. This is made possible first by Jesus, who in his own person shows God's glory; then, reflecting from him, the glory shines from those in the company of Jesus

29 April 2005