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Oceania

Churches in Pacific strengthen ecumenical collaboration

Qualities of the Pacific region – communal life, unbroken tradition of faith, work to combat injustice, deep scriptural grounding – are valuable contributions toward fulfilling the World Council of Churches (WCC) call

12 November 2014

SA Archbishop calls on youth for help with Communion eco-strategy

Anglican youth worldwide have been asked to help determine the Anglican Communion's strategy to protect the environment.

10 November 2014

Melanesian Brotherhood novice murdered

A novice in the Melanesian Brotherhood has been killed and another badly beaten in a street attack.

04 November 2014

Australian churches unite in Solidarity

Over 660 churches across the country will spend parts of their services this Sunday (November 2) in prayer for Christians, other religious minorities,

03 November 2014

Making churches more accessible

A new booklet shows how churches can be made more welcoming, especially of those living with disability.

03 November 2014

Desmond Tutu: Rejoice in opportunities for a cleaner planet

[RTCC] Archbishop leads church service in Copenhagen to mark the release of the UN’s IPCC science report 

30 October 2014

16 Days of Activism - Anglican men speak out!

Video: “As men of faith, we can take responsibility to speak out and end violence against women and girls.” 

29 October 2014

Bishops back child poverty resource

Christians can't allow the focus on child poverty to get blurry, say our bishops. So they've commended a new resource to the church.

21 October 2014

Sydney's 'elder statesman' dies

Bishop Ken Short AO, former missionary, military chaplain, Dean of Sydney and Bishop of Wollongong, Parramatta and the Defence Forces, has died at the age of 87.

20 October 2014

New Anglican Communion toolkit for disaster risk reduction

Anglican and Episcopal Church partners have collaborated on a new disaster risk reduction toolkit

14 October 2014