A major international gathering of women is taking place in New York as the UN Commission on the Status of Women hears from communities around the globe on issues of sustainable development and gender-based violence. Amongst those taking part in the event are 22 Anglican women from 18 provinces.
14 March 2016
More than 10,000 individual handwritten parchment folios belonging to the Archbishops of York between 1225 and 1650 have been digitally scanned and are now being made available online. The York Registers, produced by the University of York, is said to be “one of the most important collections of historical materials to survive in England today.”
01 March 2016
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, is embarking on a six-month pilgrimage through his diocese today to “meet people, pray with them, and to encourage them to follow Christ, and bless what God is doing.”
01 December 2015
Daisy, a 37-year-old mother, hasn’t seen her three children in more than seven-and-a-half years, since she left them in the care of her husband in the Philippines so that she could come to work cleaning hotel rooms in New York.
19 November 2015
Construction work is underway on an innovative new homeless project in New York which combines a 200-bed shelter providing crisis space for the homeless with 135 units of low-income housing, helping street-homeless people make the move from shelter to long-term home.
03 November 2015
Much of work overseas continues to flourish in indigenous hands
16 July 2015
Proposed prayers draw on August 2014 vigil with Archbishop of Jerusalem & the Middle East
30 June 2015
Archbishop of Canterbury and other faith leaders pledge to fast and pray for success of UN climate summit in Paris
17 June 2015
Occasion marks 60th anniversary of the Egypt Diocesan Association
09 June 2015
Archbishop of York gives keynote speech at 'Believe in Barrow' faith and mission festival
18 May 2015