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Christmas Greetings from the Anglican Communion Office Staff

Christmas Greetings from the Anglican Communion Office Staff

The Staff of the Anglican Communion Office wish you all a blessed and peaceful Christmas

24 December 1996

ACO: Episcopal Appointments

ACO: Episcopal Appointments

Episcopal Appointments from around the Provinces

19 December 1996

ACO: The Archbisop and the Pope- Grace and Holiness

ACO: The Archbisop and the Pope- Grace and Holiness

So the Archbishop of Canterbury is going to Rome! Well, just for a visit that is. To make an "official" visit to His Holiness John Paul II, the Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church around the world. 

05 December 1996

ACO: Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to meet in Rome

ACO: Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope to meet in Rome

The Archbishop of Canterbury will pay his first official visit to His Holiness Pope John Paul II in Rome between 3rd - 5th December 1996. 

05 December 1996

ACO: Two New Primates elected

ACO: Two New Primates elected

The Most Revd David Gitari is the new Primate (Archbishop) of Kenya. The Most Revd Ghais Malik is the new Primate (President Bishop) of Jerusalem and the Middle East

25 November 1996

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion 1996

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Message to the Anglican Communion 1996

"Into the darkness of the Roman Empire the little church of Jesus Christ went forth as a star into the night." That lovely sentence by the historian Philip Schaff is as graphic a picture of the beginning of the Christian story as it is of the Church of Jesus Christ today. 

19 November 1996

Archbishop of Canterbury: Building Better Communitittes

Archbishop of Canterbury: Building Better Communitittes

Address by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Society of local authority chief executives seminar on 'Community, Governance and Moral Responsibility'

13 November 1996

ACO: Hum-Bug: How to make Christmas Last

ACO: Hum-Bug: How to make Christmas Last

One of the highlights of the Christmas season for me is the annual appearance of Charles Dickens' beloved story A Christmas Carol. The transformation and conversion of one Ebenezer Scrooge is so poignant that Dickens says of the once miserly gentleman, "that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge." The author adds, "May that be truly said of us, all of us."

12 November 1996

ACO: Urgent call for help

ACO: Urgent call for help

Anglican World is needing a place to live in the USA! Yes, the growing pains mean that publishing in the UK is cost prohibitive!

11 November 1996

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury

Service in Southwark Cathedral on 16th November 1996 to mark the twentieth aniversary of the lesbian and gay Christian movement

08 November 1996