The Middle East, the Holy Land, the home of our faith and still home to more than 10 million Christians, is poised on the brink of an uncertain future. Its people are searching for a future that could be based either upon the hope for justice and loving coexistence or one that will bow to past antagonisms and an endless cycle of violence and discord.
11 April 1997
Churches around the world will be asked to cooperate in an international effort to put an end, from the year 2001, to the 400-year-old split over the date of the most important celebration in the Christian calendar, Easter.
11 April 1997
More copies of the Bible are still being printed than any other book, according to United Bible Societies (UBS), based in Reading, England. According to the UBS's report on Bible distribution in 1996, the 124 national Bible societies around the world distributed "530 659 106 Bibles, New Testaments, Portions and Selections and New Reader materials".
11 April 1997
The Rev Timothy Lawes, a Church of England priest, moved to northern Sweden last year with his Swedish wife, Maria. He writes of the ways the Porvoo Agreement is being implemented in his community:
21 March 1997
An extensive Anglican-Lutheran Ecumenical Bibliography is now available through the Anglican-Lutheran Society. The 33-page document, the first of its kind ever produced, includes 525 items. They date from the 16th century to the present time.
21 March 1997
At its meeting in Panama in October 1996 the Anglican Consultative Council expressed its support for a World Council of Churches (WCC) Petition on Climate Change. On Sunday 2 March, this WCC petition was handed to the President of the Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which was meeting in Bonn, Germany.
21 March 1997
As Primates of the Anglican Communion, gathered in the Holy City, Jerusalem, the Mother City of our Christian faith, we join with the Christian leaders in the Holy Land in a call for peace, justice and equality for all people. Of particular concern for us is the status of Jerusalem, a place sacred to the three great world religions, Christianity, Judaism and Islam
18 March 1997
Given by The Most Rev. Edmond L. Browning Presiding Bishop, Episcopal Church USA. I have no intention of repeating the eloquent words of the Archbishop of Canterbury on Tuesday evening, when he spoke of the future of Jerusalem, this golden city beloved of so many people. At other times, and in other places, I have had my say. Today I simply want to place myself squarely behind the archbishop.
18 March 1997
Buses left St George's Cathedral early Friday morning for the two hour drive to Gaza for the Primates of the Anglican Communion as they continue their meeting in the Holy Land. The Primates entered Palestine by foot as they changed to UN buses at the Erez checkpoint, where they handed over passports to be collected on the way back to Israel.
18 March 1997
CONCERNING THE KILLING OF ISRAELI CHILDREN AT JORDAN BORDER
The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Primates of the Anglican Communion, meeting in Jerusalem, wish to express their sympathy to the families of the young school children killed today at the Jordan border.
18 March 1997