An official of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has warned that the policies of Australia's new government suggest that the country is taking "a step backward" on the welfare of the country's indigenous people, the Aborigines.
02 September 1996
"The Church in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being shaken up. It will be interesting to see how God will lead us, to speak to and contain these changes", says the new Archbishop-elect of Papua New Guinea. Bishop James Ayong was in Australia this month for a 10-day visit.
26 July 1996
Yankalilla is a resort community in the Fleurieu Peninsula, some 25km from Adelaide's suburbs. Christ Church, Yankalilla, Diocese of The Murray, is nothing unusual, though the building is situated close to an ancient corroboree ground.
26 July 1996
The Rt Revd James Ayong, the Bishop Aipo Rongo, has been elected the new Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea (PNG) by the Provincial Council. He will succeed the Most Revd Bevan Meredith who has retired. Bishop James Ayong has been the Bishop of Aipo Rongo for a year.
19 June 1996
The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, the Most Revd Harry Goodhew, has called for uniform national gun legislation following the horrendous massacre in Port Arthur, Tasmania.
19 June 1996
Sometimes people are surprised that Jim Rosenthal, the Archbishop of Canterbury's (international Anglican Communion) communications officer, comes from Chicago. But many of the support staff in the communications office come from other countries, a reflection of the office's function: giving a sense of connection to the far flung members of the Anglican Communion.
12 April 1996
The highest court of the Anglican Church of Australia, the Appellate Tribunal, will give a ruling on la
03 April 1996
In March 1995 the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney resolved to request the Primate to refer the following question to the Appellate Tribunal for its opinion: Would the Preaching and Administration of Holy Communion by Lay Persons and Deacons Ordinance 1995, if passed by the Synod of the Diocese of Sydney and assented to by the Archbishop of Sydney in the form now before the Synod, be consistent with the provisions of the Constitution of the Anglican Church of Australia?
20 March 1996
In his presidential address to the Synod of the Diocese of Melbourne, the Most Revd Keith Rayner, Primate of the Australian Anglican Church, said that the ordination of women bishops was a logical progression after women priests, and called on the diocese to carefully study the matter.
03 February 1996