Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As we welcome the dawning of a new Christmas, we are reminded of how the angels sang, "Glory to God in the highest and peace to God's people on Earth" (Luke 2:14).
25 December 1996
The Rt Revd Ghais Malik, Bishop of Egypt and North Africa, has been elected the new President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in of Jerusalem and the Middle East. He succeeds the Most Revd Samir Kafity who is retiring. The election was made on 25th November at a Central Synod of the Province in Cyprus.
19 December 1996
The Bishop of London and the environmentalist David Bellamy have launched a new millennium project designed to plant Yew Trees in every parish in the country.
19 December 1996
On 1 October two missionary traditions were brought together to form the United College of the Ascension in Selly Oak, Birmingham. The coming together of the Methodists and the Anglican United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (Anglican) in a United College has taken a number of years. Many Anglican leaders from around the world have trained at the College of the Ascension and recently the College has become pivotal for the new Centre for Anglican Communion Studies.
19 December 1996
The Church of England Synod meeting in November unanimously endorsed the Jubilee 2000 campaign. This is a campaign to persuade the world's banks and governments to remit the unpayable debts of 40 of the world's poorest countries in recognition of the millennium.
19 December 1996
Women representing 14 provinces of the Anglican Communion met at the Mothers' Union headquarters in London in November and decided to form a women's network for the world Church.
19 December 1996
I want to thank the Provost and Chapter for inviting me to preach on this occasion. Thank you to the LGCM for their sensitivity and welcome to me. Amidst all the controversy surrounding this event I Want you to know what an enriching experience it has been to have heard people's stories.
19 November 1996
The General Synod of the Church of England is to consider a new system for dealing with complaints against clergy. Under Authority - Report on Clergy Discipline is published today by the Working Party reviewing Clergy Discipline and the Working of the Ecclesiastical Courts and will be considered at the General Synod meeting later this month. (Synod meets week of 25th Nov).
06 November 1996
History was made today in Rome at St. Paul's Within-the-Walls Episcopal Church with the ordination to the priesthood of the Rev. Ruth Cecilia Monge Teran de Erazo in a richly textured service conducted in Spanish, English and Italian. Cecilia is, almost certainly, the first woman ever to be ordained priest in the City of Rome.
06 November 1996
A one-and-a-half-tonne mountain of shoes, representing lives and limbs lost by landmines, was built on the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, in London in October.
06 November 1996