The Archbishop of Canterbury has told Anglican Church leaders from the Global South that the only ground for unity in the church 'is to be found in Christ'. Speaking at the 3rd Anglican Global South to South Encounter meeting at Ain al Sukhna, some 80 miles south of Cairo, Dr Williams said that the church had to be focussed on Christ
31 October 2005
In the 'Haven of Peace' - Dar es Salaam - women leaders from the 12 Anglican provinces in Africa gathered to discuss issues relating to their empowerment and survival
31 October 2005
The Archbishop of Canterbury delivers The Richard hooker Lecture entitled 'Richard Hooker (c1554-1600): The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity Revisited' at the Temple Church, London on Wednesday 26 October 2005
28 October 2005
ROME, Oct. 22 A new United Nations agency aimed at protecting the environment while helping expedite economic development for developing countries will be set up in the northern Italian city of Trieste, the Italian news agency ANSA reported on Saturday.
22 October 2005
Possibly the most significant thing about this event is that we are commemorating someone who was known to hundreds of thousands of believers simply by the title 'Brother' and a Christian name. No titles of honour, not even a surname; all you needed to know was that this person, baptised 'Roger', was your brother, a partner in the family of Christ's brothers and sisters, a fellow-pilgrim and disciple.
18 October 2005
In northern Pakistan and India, the deadly 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck on October 8 killed more than 35,000 people. ERD - (Episcopal Relief and Development Fund) is partnering with the Dioceses of Peshawar and Lahore in the Church of Pakistan to provide immediate assistance in affected communities.
14 October 2005
The South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism held a national conference on climate change, October 2005.
12 October 2005
When God tells Adam in the first chapter of Genesis that he is to subdue and have dominion over the earth, many would say that this is the beginning of a tragic and disgraceful story...
10 October 2005
The Compass Rose Society, named for the symbol of the Communion, has completed their annual meeting in London this past week. Photographs from the event are now available.
06 October 2005
The Iraq War was fought for the sake of freedom and democracy, so we are insistently told. And just as insistently, the news from Iraq tells us that, whatever else may have resulted from that ill-fated enterprise, the present situation is not exactly 'freedom and democracy' in the sense that the war's apologists probably had in mind.
30 September 2005