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Bible research goes nuclear as Perth library leaves nothing to chance

Bible research goes nuclear as Perth library leaves nothing to chance

Australia’s only nuclear reactor and scientists on both sides of the continent are contributing to international research into an Anglican Bible in Perth that is more than 450 years old.

21 November 2011

Church abuse the biggest stumbling block to Christian belief, survey finds

Church abuse the biggest stumbling block to Christian belief, survey finds

Church abuse is the chief obstacle to Australians believing in Christianity, according to a national online survey of more than 1000 people conducted by a Christian media group.

18 November 2011

Media Release from the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Jeffrey Driver

Media Release from the Anglican Archbishop of Adelaide Dr Jeffrey Driver

Archbishop Jeffrey Driver is pleased to announce the Episcopal Ordination of The Venerable Dr Timothy Harris to be Bishop in the Diocese of Adelaide.

18 November 2011

Churches Must Practice What They Preach: Abp Halapua

Churches Must Practice What They Preach: Abp Halapua

Challenging the disparity between beliefs and practice in Christian churches is an issue that needs to be addressed, a senior clergyman said today while opening a national meeting on the elimination of violence against women.

15 November 2011

New dean for St John's College

The woman chosen to lead Pakeha students at St John’s College from 2012 will arrive having completed five years' teaching at one of the most famous theological colleges in the Anglican Communion.

11 November 2011

130 years on, Church Cathedral ceases to be extraordinary

130 years on, Church Cathedral ceases to be extraordinary

The 130-year-old spiritual centrepiece of Christchurch today was reduced to an ordinary ruin. And all in the space of half an hour.

11 November 2011

Breast cancer in Gaza campaign gets support of Australian Senate

Breast cancer in Gaza campaign gets support of Australian Senate

Anglicord’s “Women Die Waiting” campaign, which highlights the lack of access women in Gaza have to appropriate breast cancer treatment, has received cross-party support in the Australian Senate.

09 November 2011

From Tuvalu, Archbishop Winston Halapua urges prayer

Archbishop Winston Halapua has returned from three days in the stricken Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu. And as far as he's concerned, rising sea levels are no longer abstract theory. They're real. They're fact. Now.

01 November 2011

Cathedral to be deconsecrated

Christchurch Cathedral – the icon of that quake-crippled city, and the most recognised church in New Zealand – is to be deconsecrated ahead of partial demolition.

31 October 2011

Service to mark West Coast disaster

Service to mark West Coast disaster

There’ll be a community service in Greymouth on November 19 to mark the first anniversary of a defining moment for the West Coast – the Pike River Mine disaster.

31 October 2011