'This world will one day pass away and the ecclesiastical structures on which we expend so much time and energy, important though they are, will pass away with it. In the light of this fact, we need to give the highest priority to deepening the quality of our love for the other members of the Body of Christ
09 February 2006
We congratulate the Palestinian people for their democratic performance in the recent parliamentary elections. We express our respect and our support to the will of the people expressed in these elections. We congratulate all those who were elected.
01 February 2006
Southern Cathedrals Festival (SCF) 2006, the popular annual five day festival of choral music which features the choirs of Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester Cathedrals, is hosted by Salisbury Cathedral from 19 - 23 July with David Halls as Festival Director for the first time.
24 January 2006
The Rt. Rev. Riah Abu El-Assal: Allow me first and foremost to wish you a most blessed Christmas and a peaceful 2006. May it be the year of the turning-point in relations world-wide, but in particular here in His Land, in the Land of the Holy One, whose birth in Bethlehem we remember and celebrate, whom we remember with thanks.
16 January 2006
A Church of England group is proposing a way forward aimed at both permitting women to become bishops - should General Synod vote in favour of this - and of preserving the maximum amount of unity within the Church
16 January 2006
Celebrating Sacred Space' is the title of a national series of study days being organised by the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham this Spring, as part of the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Restoration of the Shrine.
10 January 2006
A new water feature in Southwell Minster will form a central part of the special service this Saturday (January 7th) when the Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham will officially launch its year's focus on 'Living Water, Living Well: Encountering God in Prayer and Pilgrimage'.
10 January 2006
The Church of England has supported moves to create a specific criminal offence of 'forcing someone to marry' in its submission to a Home Office review on the issue.
10 January 2006
2006 marks the 75th anniversary of the restoration of the Holy House of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham and a year - long series of celebrations is being planned. The theme throughout the year will be the Shrine's motto 'House of God, Gate of Heaven.
04 January 2006
'The real significance of the Christian Christmas lies behind the scene at Bethlehem. Though we are familiar with the scene in the Stable we have to go behind it to fully understand what had happened. God had intervened in this world.
23 December 2005