Two hundred years ago, a C of E missionary, the Revd John Leigh, arrived in Canada. Shortly afterwards, skirmishes between settlers and the Indigenous Beothuk people left several dead, including the local tribal chief Nonosabasut. Ten years later, the Beothuk were extinct - the victims of cultural genocide. New research is casting fresh light on the Beothuk and the role played by the Revd John Leigh.
15 February 2016
The Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, last night led a service of Solemn Vespers in the Chapel Royal at Hampton Court Palace in what was the first Roman Catholic act of worship for 450 years in Henry VIII’s chapel, which was the backdrop to much of the English Reformation.
10 February 2016
The charity Open Doors has published its annual World Watch list of the top 50 most dangerous countries to be a Christian. It is, once again, topped by North Korea. Their research shows that persecution against Christians has increased so dramatically that persecution has risen even in those countries that have dropped out of its top 50.
27 January 2016
Communiqué from the Primates' Meeting
Canterbury Cathedral, England. 11-15 January 2015
15 January 2016
Would-be applicants for the post of director of communications for the Anglican Communion have another 10 days to submit their applications. The closing date for the post, which was first advertised last month, is 15 January. Interviews are expected to be held in London on 4 February.
05 January 2016
UN-led peace talks between the warring parties in Yemen get underway next week and the Archdeacon in the Gulf, the Ven Bill Schwartz, has called for prayers that the talks will lead to a “real resolution and reconciliation” resulting in a “truly inclusive” reconstruction in the country.
11 December 2015
The new Primate of the Episcopal Church in America, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, talks to ACNS about his Christian journey, his passion for evangelism and how he wants every Episcopalian and Anglican to transform the world by "getting up every morning, going out into the world [and] actually learning to live like Jesus, to love like Jesus"
12 November 2015
“So much of what I have worked for has disappeared; but so much has remained” - the former Vicar of Baghdad, who now works as pastor to the Iraqi Christian refugees in Jordan, speaks to ACNS about his continuing ministry of peace-building and reconciliation; about combatting Daesh; and about how the wider church can help in the “fight for peace”.
09 November 2015
The parable of the Anglican Communion Provincial Directory
01 October 2015
Diocese of Egypt adult education programme gives refugees in Cairo footing for a better future
25 September 2015