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Churches celebrate Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Churches celebrate Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Drawing on the Indian churches’ experience of Christian disunity in the realities of casteism, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a particular focus on justice as integral to the unity they seek.

23 January 2013

Haiti: 'Trois ans après le tremblement de terre, la nation attend toujours et aspire

Haiti: 'Trois ans après le tremblement de terre, la nation attend toujours et aspire

À l'occasion du troisième anniversaire du tremblement de terre dévastateur en Haïti, l'Évêque président de l'Église épiscopale la Très Révde Katharine Jefferts Schori a prêché une homélie en français et en anglais à la Cathédrale Sainte Trinité, Port-au-Prince, Haïti.

15 January 2013

CUAC and the Association of Episcopal Colleges announce 2013-14 Scholarship

CUAC and the Association of Episcopal Colleges announce 2013-14 Scholarship

The Revd Canon James G Callaway, DD, General Secretary of the Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) and The Association of Episcopal Colleges (AEC) announce the 2013-14 Episcopal Colleges Scholarship of the Association of Episcopal Colleges, in collaboration with the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES).

08 January 2013

Anglican-Lutheran report on service and mission now available

Anglican-Lutheran report on service and mission now available

At its meeting in Auckland, the Anglican Consultative Council commended the new report of the Anglican-Lutheran International Commission (ALIC III) to the whole Communion, for study and action.

08 January 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury: appreciate the 'silent conspiracy of generous dedication'

Archbishop of Canterbury: appreciate the 'silent conspiracy of generous dedication'

The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his final New Year’s message to pay tribute to people whose unsung efforts and sacrificial generosity helps to transform lives and build communities.

01 January 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Sermon - 'join the human race this Christmas'

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Sermon - 'join the human race this Christmas'

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is urging people to go and ‘join the human race’ this Christmas and become agents of transformation and renewal. 

25 December 2012

Archbishop's BBC 'Thought for the Day': "if all you have is a gun, everything is a target"

Archbishop's BBC 'Thought for the Day': "if all you have is a gun, everything is a target"

In his final Thought for the Day this morning on BBC Radio 4, the Archbishop of Canterbury talks about the recent killings in Connecticut and discounts the argument often put forward that "it's not guns that kill, it's people"

22 December 2012

A message to ACNS readers about Anglican World magazine

A message to ACNS readers about Anglican World magazine

The Anglican Communion News Service has always been the digital half of package that aimed to deliver the best stories of Anglican life and ministry. The other half was Anglican World magazine.

18 December 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury's BBC Radio 2 'Pause for Thought' message

Archbishop of Canterbury's BBC Radio 2 'Pause for Thought' message

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought programme about the positive effects that social media can offer to small initiatives by bringing them to a larger audience

18 December 2012

England: Shrinking the Footprint initiative launches eNews for Clergy

England: Shrinking the Footprint initiative launches eNews for Clergy

A new eNews service direct from Shrinking the Footprint will keep Church of England clergy up to date with news and views on greening their churches and communities.

17 December 2012