The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has delivered the keynote address at the 11th Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation in Stuttgart, Germany.
Bishops from dioceses as far apart as Hong Kong, Jamaica and Toronto gathered last week to discuss the next steps of the Anglican Communion’s Continuing Indaba project.
Canon 22 establishes self-determining national indigenous ministry
In what was described as an “historic moment,” the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 9 approved the introduction of a new canon (church) law that firmly establishes a self-determining national indigenous ministry within the church.
An innovative way of planning a church wedding by web has been a surprise hit with couples. What began life as a pilot less than two years ago with a change in the law initiated by the Church - the Marriage Measure - is now at the heart of one-third of Church of England weddings, statistics suggest.
Thousands of people have been displaced and are pouring into towns in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo as an upsurge in violence in the Lubero and Beni territories takes its toll, writes Baliesima Kadukima Albert, Coordinator of Health and HIV/AIDS programmes for the Anglican Church of the Province of Congo.
Chinese proverbs offered a Hong Kong-based group some helpful insights into ways Anglicans might best talk and work through their differences.
Bwana asifiwe! Praise the Lord! Dr Mwita Akiri has been elected and consecrated as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Tarime, in northern Tanzania.
The South African Council of Churches says it is taking measures in the country's nine provinces to assist possible victims of xenophobia following some attacks in the Western Cape province.
Retired Suffragan Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Cuba Nerva Cot Aguilera died suddenly on July 10 after a brief battle with severe anemia. She was 71.
Another Commission - another chance for post-war reconciliation.
It is now a year since the civil war has ended in our beloved Sri Lanka and sadly national reconciliation continues to elude us. In these circumstances the CR de Silva Commission on “lessons learnt and reconciliation” is timely and welcome. It is yet another chance to learn from mistakes of the past and to humbly declare the truth that brings reconciliation.
Responding to the announcement of the retirement of His Eminence Walter Cardinal Kasper as President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity in Rome, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, said:
This is to inform you that during the last House of Bishops, held in GITEGA on the 23 – 24 June, 2010 it was unanimously decided to extend the mandate of the Most Reverend Bernard NTAHOTURI as the Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of BURUNDI for another period of five years starting from July 17, 2010.
