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Vicar of Nazareth meets with Walsingham

Vicar of Nazareth meets with Walsingham

Christian pilgrims should return to the Holy Land to support the mission of Palestinian Christians to their own young people - the Revd Samuel Barthoum, Vicar of Christ Church, Nazareth told over 35 Walsingham pilgrims from the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Nazareth this weekend.

22 November 2004

Bishop appeals on behalf of the poor

Bishop appeals on behalf of the poor

The Church of Ireland Bishop of Limerick, the Rt Revd Michael Mayes, today suggested that the Irish government had nothing to be proud about following its decision to abandon its pledge to devote 0.7% of GNP by 2007 to help the poor.

22 November 2004

On Fallujah, Bishops of Coventry and Bath & Wells

On Fallujah, Bishops of Coventry and Bath & Wells

Joint Statement from The Bishop of Coventry and The Bishop of Bath and Wells. We write as two Anglican Bishops who visited Iraq in 1999 and who witnessed the terrible suffering of the Iraqi people under the double insult of Saddams brutal dictatorship and the UN sanctions regime. 

17 November 2004

Murdered hostage remembered in Cathedral service

Murdered hostage remembered in Cathedral service

Liverpool Cathedral in England held a memorial service on Saturday 13 November for the murdered British hostage, Kenneth Bigley, who was kidnapped in mid-September by a group in Iraq calling for the release of prisoners. He was killed some three weeks later.

15 November 2004

From the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

From the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem offer their sincere condolences to all concerned on the death of President Yasser Arafat.

12 November 2004

Church of England warns on human genetics

Church of England warns on human genetics

The Church of England has warned that human genetics should be developed for the purpose of therapy only, and not for the enhancement of the foetus, in a submission by the Church's Mission and Public Affairs Council to the consultation Choosing the Future, run by the Human Genetics Commission.

11 November 2004

Archbishop of Wales pays tribute to Yasser Arafat

Archbishop of Wales pays tribute to Yasser Arafat

The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, today paid tribute to Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat following his death earlier this morning.

11 November 2004

Bishop in Jerusalem on the arrest of Mordechai Vanunu from St George's Cathedral Close this morning

Bishop in Jerusalem on the arrest of Mordechai Vanunu from St George's Cathedral Close this morning

It is with tremendous grief and sadness that I inform you that the Israeli special police force entered St George's Cathedral Close today without permission and took Mordechai Vanunu into custody

11 November 2004

Visit of Bishop of West Virginia to Ireland

Visit of Bishop of West Virginia to Ireland

The Right Revd Mike Klusmeyer, the Bishop of West Virginia the link diocese of Tuam Killala and Achonry will be visiting the Church of Ireland diocese commencing 6 November.

05 November 2004

Women Bishops in the Church of England?

Women Bishops in the Church of England?

Women Bishops in the Church of England?, the report of the House of Bishops' Working Party on Women in the Episcopate, chaired by the Rt Revd Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, was published yesterday

02 November 2004