In the midst of Mideast violence and uncertainty, a remarkable initiative for children is cause for hope and encouragement. This summer, Camp Allen, in the Diocese of Texas, will host 12 Palestinian and Israeli children, ages 11-12, for a summer camp session as part of a unique "education for peace" opportunity.
07 June 2002
The Governing Body of the Church in Wales notes with increasing concern the continuing instability and violence in Israel/Palestine, and the resulting economic and social disadvantage in vulnerable groups and communities, as well as the widespread destruction, fear, injury and loss of life in the area.
07 June 2002
The Church of England has categorically denied that there are any plans to abolish a number of its dioceses.
06 June 2002
At a press briefing yesterday in Church House, London, Professor Anthony Mellows, Emeritus Professor of Law at King's College in the University of London, spoke about his second report to the Church of England, Resourcing Archbishops.
31 May 2002
The Bishop, the Rt Rev David Stancliffe (left) with the Archbishop of Sudan, the Most Rev Joseph Marona (second left) and Archbishop of Latvia, the Most Rev Janis Vanags (second right) and Honorary Assistant Bishop, the Rt Rev John Kirkham (right) at the installation of the two archbishops as Sarum Canons of Salisbury Cathedral on April 22.
27 May 2002
When Foot and Mouth Disease was discovered in the Essex slaughterhouse it was already too late to contain it. Masked in sheep it was already incubating across many of the British livestock farms, although this only became clear when the disease ran amok.
27 May 2002
An Aberdeen church is tackling the thorny subjects of sex and violence during a week packed with lectures and events.
24 May 2002
"We are here in this church to show our solidarity with the remnant of the Church in the Holy Land: we are one with them. We are not here to make a political protest, though the political implications of what we are doing are inevitable." These words of Anglican Bishop Robin Smith were heard by hundreds who gathered on Wednesday in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square
17 May 2002
In a strongly worded address recently given at a conference held in Boston, Massachusetts, the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, the Rt Revd Desmond Tutu, expressed his grave concern for the current state of affairs in the Holy Land.
15 May 2002
The Ministry for Europe Trust, based in Holywood, County Down, has just completed the printing and publishing of the first Bible into the Bosnian language.
02 May 2002