Addressing a group of church leaders, journalists and NGO representatives in London earlier this week, Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal clearly carried the weight of the suffering of the Palestinian community; he looked tired and reflected his peoples' desperation.
07 February 2001
Following a first meeting at Holy Cross Monastery at West Park, New York, in November 1999, once again at the invitation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, a group of bishops, representing a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds, met from 6 to 10 December at Alton Abbey, Hampshire, U.K.
30 January 2001
Worshipping with Older People - a new booklet by Rochester's Older Persons' Officer, Dot Hooker and Lay Reader, Sue Brooks - looks like being a runaway success.
26 January 2001
People of all shapes and sizes take part in the London Marathon. It is not often that a participant is an ordained clergyman - but a few will be. One such clergyman who will be taking part in the London Marathon 2001 is the Revd Anton Müller.
26 January 2001
The death on Friday 12th January 2001 of the Very Revd Jack Shearer, Dean of St Ann's Cathedral, Belfast, has been announced. The Dean, who was 74, was taken ill on New Year's Eve with a heart attack. He had been Dean of the Anglican Cathedral in Belfast since 1985, and had been due to retire in May.
24 January 2001
The Seminario Evangelico Unido de Telogia (SEUT), an interdenominational theological college has recently agreed a strategic plan for the next decade, which aims to augment and consolidate its activities whilst developing as an academic institution, to become a Protestant seminary comparable with the best Catholic centers.
02 January 2001
The Queen today spoke of her accountability before God in a personal Christmas message marking the Millennium year.
29 December 2000
The Gospel must not remain 'a message of private salvation but has to be translated into acts of justice and peace,affirming human dignity and offering reconciliation and fullness of life for all' said the Rev Dr. Konrad Raiser, addressing the founding meeting of the proposed Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday (December 7, 2000.)
14 December 2000
The Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Frank T. Griswold, has agreed to the request by the Convocation of American Churches in Europe to permit them to elect the next Bishop in Charge of the Episcopal Churches in Europe.
14 December 2000
Archbishop of Wales, Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams, has used his advent message this year to call for a 'prayerful dialogue between the representatives of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths' in the hope 'that progress just might be made' in addressing the terrible situation which has arisen in the Holy Lands of Israel and Palestine during recent months
14 December 2000