A series of seminars launched at the Royal Welsh Show has been praised by the Archbishop of Wales for bringing people together to tackle the challenges facing rural communities.
20 July 2011
We cannot wait for politicians to sort things out, we have got to make a difference ourselves," the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, told reporters at the conclusion of a two-day conference at Lambeth Palace on "Christians in the Holy Land," which he jointly hosted with Archbishop Vincent Nichols, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
19 July 2011
The Venerable Julian Hubbard, Archdeacon of Oxford and Canon of Christ Church, Oxford since 2005, is to be the Archbishops’ Council’s new Director of Ministry. He succeeds the Ven Christopher Lowson, who will become Bishop of Lincoln in September 2011.
14 July 2011
In an urgent response to the persistent drought in East Africa, the Church of Ireland Bishops’ Appeal has announced that it is releasing €20,000 to fund the work of Christian Aid and their local partners who are responding to the crisis on the ground in Kenya and Ethiopia.
14 July 2011
The Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu will sponsor a new independent advisory body which will examine matters of social justice in York.
14 July 2011
An informal link that has existed for the past few years has now been made official after the Diocese of Llandaff was “twinned” with the Church of Bangladesh.
13 July 2011
About 1000 people packed into Peterborough Cathedral today (29 June) for the annual St Peter’s Day celebration service, at which the new Suffragan Bishop of Brixworth was installed and a declaration of intent between the Peterborough and Seoul dioceses was signed.
13 July 2011
The Archbishop of York’s online charity www.Acts435.org.uk today (Tuesday 12 July 2011) celebrates the anniversary of its national launch.
13 July 2011
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, today launched an Appeal at General Synod's July 2011 Group of Sessions, for funds to help sustain Christian communities in the Holy Land.
12 July 2011
New policy and good practice for churches to respond well to those who have been sexually abused has been published today by the Church of England.
11 July 2011