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Queen visits Anglican Centre in Rome for ecumenical gathering

Queen visits Anglican Centre in Rome for ecumenical gathering

After meeting Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Queen Elizabeth II visited the Anglican Centre in Rome, on 17 October, 2000, at 12.30 p.m.

17 October 2000

A Tragic Reversal: Madeleine Albright's View of Reality

A Tragic Reversal: Madeleine Albright's View of Reality

In her interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" (Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000), US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright represented the epitome of the willful blindness, moral vacuum, human insensitivity, political cynicism, and strategic ignorance that have characterized the US handling of the Arab-Israeli

13 October 2000

Resolution from Joint Standing Committee

Resolution from Joint Standing Committee

The following resolution was passed by the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates of the Anglican Communion and the Anglican Consultative Council meeting in Maidstone, England, 13 October 2000

13 October 2000

Irish Translation

Irish Translation

The Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh in the Church of Ireland has recently been elected to the See of Limerick of Killaloe by an Electoral College meeting in Dublin.

12 October 2000

Urgent Appeal

Urgent Appeal

There is no doubt that the current violent conflict targeting the Liberated Palestinian Territories, Jerusalem and the Arab Palestinian citizens of Israel has markedly escalated over the past twenty-four hours.

11 October 2000

Diocese of Jerusalem

Diocese of Jerusalem

The whole Diocese, both clergy and laity, is distressed by the current state of affairs in our Land of the Holy One. Naturally we extend our condolences to all the bereaved families and our prayers for recovery and healing to the thousands of victims and their families who have been injured in body

04 October 2000

Speech given by Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales

Speech given by Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Wales

In July, nearly eighty members of the Church in Wales spent ten days in the Holy Land on the Pilgrim 2,000 trip that was planned in connection with the launch of our Jubilee Fund. 

27 September 2000

2000 years in 2000 minutes

2000 years in 2000 minutes

This message comes from St John in the Wilderness, a small but beautiful 14th century church, in Exmouth, Devon in England. On Saturday 30th September and Sunday 1st October 2000 we are holding a millennium event called "2000 years in 2000 minutes". It starts at 8.00am GMT on the Saturday and finishes at 5.20pm GMT on the Sunday

25 September 2000

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

Preliminary response to Dominus Iesus

The House of Bishops of the Church of Ireland, meeting in Dublin, in considering the publication of the Declaration of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Dominus Iesus on the "unicity and salvific universality of Jesus Christ and the Church" has issued the following preliminary response

11 September 2000

Getting together

Getting together

The Church Mission Society (CMS) and Mid-Africa Ministry (MAM) have confirmed that they intend to integrate, with the first stage of the process to be completed by January 2001. A statement agreed by the governing bodies of both agencies was released on 28th July 2000

01 September 2000