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Religious leaders join voices in call for global access to palliative care for children

Leading experts in the field of paediatric palliative care from around the world gathered in Rome, Italy, yesterday (Wednesday, 10 November) to meet with leaders of different faiths, human rights advocates and the parents of children who have died or who are facing death, to call for global access to children’s palliative care.

11 November 2015

Anglican Communion Compass Rose Society holds annual meeting in London

Secretary General offers hopeful outlook; Archbishop Welby addresses society; Study trip to Rome scheduled for 2016; Society plans endowment for the work of Anglican Consultative Council

10 November 2015

Communique of the International Reformed-Anglican Dialogue Kochi India 31 October 2015

Communiqué of the International Reformed-Anglican Dialogue, meeting in Kochi, India, 31 October 2015

10 November 2015

The hell from whence he came

While persecuted Christian refugees are praying for entry into Australia, one Sudanese man is risking it all to make a difference by returning to his homeland.

09 November 2015

Bishop welcomes "significant" global discussion on discrimination, persecution and martyrdom

A global consultation on discrimination, persecution and martyrdom facing Christians in different parts of the world, that took place Albania this week, has been described as “significant” by the Bishop of Woolwich, a member of the Anglican Communion’s Network for Interfaith Concerns (NIFCON) management group.

06 November 2015

Faiths walk together to affirm common humanity

A rabbi, an imam and a priest walk into a synagogue. No, it’s not the start of a joke: it was all part of the Jewish Christian Muslim Association’s (JCMA) Friendship Walk, held on Sunday 11 October.

06 November 2015

Solomon Island schools benefit from England-Melanesia teacher exchange

A group of four teachers from the Solomon Islands have made a four-week training visit to the UK as part of a twinning project between schools in the Church of England’s Diocese of Exeter and schools run by the Anglican Church of Melanesia.

05 November 2015

Lawyer appointed to chair board of Episcopal Relief and Development

A leading US lawyer, Daniel McNeel Lane Jr (Neel), has been appointed as the new chair of the Board of Directors of the Episcopal Church in America’s development agency, Episcopal Relief & Development (ERD). The agency works with more than three million people in nearly 40 countries worldwide to overcome poverty, hunger and disease. 

05 November 2015

Archbishop Welby and Patriarch Bartholomew receive agreed theological statement on personhood

An agreed statement between Anglican and Orthodox Churches on the theology of the human person was presented to the leaders of both families of churches at Westminster Abbey, London, last night.

04 November 2015

Anglican Consultative Council theme highlights current mission challenges

The overarching theme for the next year’s Anglican Consultative Council (ACC-16) meeting in Zambia, “Intentional Discipleship in a World of Differences”, has been chosen by the Standing Committee of the Anglican Communion as a response to daily Christian challenges.

04 November 2015