The full Commission intends to complete its initial report on the nature, extent and consequences of Impaired Communion in the Anglican Communion as a result of recent developments by the end of September 2004.
18 December 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has held talks with the Chairman of the Iraqi Governing Council, Mr Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim and senior colleagues at Lambeth Palace.
17 December 2003
Due to a series of circumstances concerning the next edition of the Anglican Cycle of Prayer, the Anglican Communion Office will issue the official prayer cycle on its web site from today.
15 December 2003
The Inter-Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism (IASCOME) met at Runaway Bay in Jamaica from Monday 1 December to Thursday 11 December 2003. The Commission is made up of twenty two members from twenty two different provinces/churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
11 December 2003
IASCER continued its work of reviewing all the present international ecumenical dialogues involving Anglicans, and provincial and regional initiatives towards unity with other Christians. In particular, it evaluated progress in church unity proposals in Scotland, South Africa and the United States.
10 December 2003
The Most Revd Peter Carnley, Primate of Australia, has been asked to fill the post of co-chair of the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC) by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Revd Rowan D Williams.
09 December 2003
At the meeting the future of Anglican Roman Catholic dialogue was discussed, especially in the light of recent developments within the life of the Anglican Communion.
02 December 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has witnessed the signing of an historic covenant between the heads of eleven mission agencies of the Church of England.
02 December 2003
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has received the resignation of the presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (USA), Bishop Frank Griswold, as Anglican Co-chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission.
29 November 2003
The carols we sing and the prayers we say around Christmas carry two important messages which at first sight look a bit contradictory. Jesus is described as 'the desire of all nations', picking up the words of Haggai 2.7; he is what everyone has been waiting for, the one that everybody on earth longs to meet. All human life finds its centre and its goal in Jesus.
26 November 2003