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CCEA conference - Building just and compassionate societies is the first task of mission

Poverty is a scourge, a scandal and a sin against God, the Most Revd Renato Mag-Gay Abibico, the Prime Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines, said in a sermon during a poignant service to open the full assembly of the Council of Churches of East Asia (CCEA).

08 October 2015

Archbishop Welby praises 'ongoing project of reconciliation' on VJ Day

Japanese and British promoters of reconciliation join veterans for dedicated Evensong service

17 August 2015

Indigenous Anglican bishop condemns brutal logic of greed and power

Forces that led to nuclear attack on Hiroshima are at work now in destruction of climate

10 August 2015

WCC pilgrims remember atom bomb's deadly destruction 70 years ago in Hiroshima

Anglican Communion Primates from Japan and Pakistan part of group seeking end to nuclear weapons

07 August 2015

WCC encourages churches to pray on Hiroshima Day

Anglican Communion Primates join ecumenical pilgrimage to abolish nuclear weapons

06 August 2015

Commemorations mark 70 years since atomic bombs ended Second World War

Commemorations to mark VJ Day – the end of the Second World War in the Pacific – have tended to be a lesser commemoration, in Britain at least, than VE Day – the end of the Second World War in Europe.

31 July 2015

Japanese Anglicans urge rejection of Security Bills

The Anglican Church in Japan, the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK) has spoken out against proposed new laws that would legitimise “collective self-defence”, saying that the move is contrary to the country’s pacifist constitution.

22 July 2015

Episcopal Presiding Bishop-elect meets Anglican Communion convention guests

North Carolina Bishop calls for Christians to follow the ‘other way’ of Jesus in the search for peace

29 June 2015

Japanese Primate to join WCC pilgrimage to Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Anglican Communion bishops from Canada and Pakistan also part of ecumenical action to end nuclear threats

26 June 2015

Japanese Anglicans commit to becoming 'symbols of peace'

House of Bishops sets missional reconciliation agenda in message on 70th anniversary of end of Pacific war

28 May 2015