In the past 20 years the US state of Iowa has experienced three crisis-level floods, the latest, in 2008, put nearly a third of the state underwater.
30 July 2012
WEEKLY REVIEW: A roundup of the week's Anglican Communion news plus opinion, reviews, photos, profiles and other things of interest from across the Anglican/Episcopal world.
27 July 2012
A new international lecture series in honour of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Dr Rowan Williams, will be launched this year by Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC).
26 July 2012
By Dr Stephen Brown [WAAC] An International Society for Media, Religion and Culture (ISMRC ) has been inaugurated to support scholars and academic endeavours at the intersection of media and religion.
26 July 2012
[ENInews] Christian leaders representing organizations comprising some 90 percent of the world's two billion Christians have issued a joint appeal to the 194 governments currently negotiating the first global Arms Trade Treaty to have it include ammunition, according to a news release form the World Council of Churches (WCC).
24 July 2012
The Communique from the latest Global South Conference
23 July 2012
The Anglican Health Network (AHN) will host a two-day conference in the UK in April next year to draw together the experience of churches engaged in health services and healing ministries
20 July 2012
By Associated Press from the [Washington Post] United Nations— Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Iraqi government and an Iranian opposition group that was given refuge in the country during Saddam Hussein’s rule on Monday to work together to peacefully complete the group’s relocation without further delay.
18 July 2012
[Church of Ireland Press Office] The Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland, The Most Revd Alan Harper, joined by a number of bishops and clergy from across the UK, has written to His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, expressing deepening concern for the welfare of the residents of Camp Ashraf/Liberty in Iraq.
17 July 2012
Thousands of people of the Democratic Republic of Congo are on the move following widespread conflict. The Anglican Bishop Bahati Bali-Busane Sylvestre from the Diocese of Bukavu, Anglican Church of Congo has appealed for prays and support for the internal displaced people who are arriving to his diocese and are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance
13 July 2012