The former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Runcie, admitted in a radio interview that he has knowingly ordained practising homosexuals. When asked if he had knowingly ordained a practising homosexual Lord Runcie said "Yes", but when on to clarify:"I have not knowingly ordained anyone who told me they were a practising homosexual and were living in partnership with somebody as if it was a marriage."
19 June 1996
Marriage of divorced people in the Church of Ireland churches is to be regularised. A new bill providing for a service of preparation to be held before the wedding, was approved by an overwhelming majority of the General Synod of the Church in Dublin in May.
19 June 1996
Like many others my late teens and early twenties were crucial in the formation of my Christian faith. It was when I was seventeen that my brother, Bob, first invited me along to our local Church which he had started going to some years before.
12 April 1996
The Christian message of Easter is the news of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a message of triumph of good over evil, love over hatred, joy over sorrow and light over darkness. It is also a message of supreme confidence: that confidence which comes from the knowledge that God reigns in this world of doubt, frustration, inequality and injustice.
03 April 1996
"Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Alleluia!" This is the Easter message which is both the pledge of our salvation and the cornerstone of our mission. It is a message which is unchanging. It made the hearts of downcast disciples burn within them as they encountered their Risen Lord on the way.
03 April 1996
The Diocese of Europe has designated Sunday 19 May 1996 as Europe Sunday.
03 April 1996
The head of Poland's small Anglican community has accused the Polish Government of arbitrarily refusing to grant the Anglican Church legal status. The issue is particularly sensitive as Queen Elizabeth II - who has the historic title of Supreme Governor of the Church of England - will make her first state visit to Poland from 25 to 27 March.
03 April 1996
Article from the Archbishop of York The Most Revd David Hope...Sometimes the world seems so full of violence and horror, of lives wickedly and pointlessly destroyed, that we despair. Faced with such fragility of life and the apparent randomness of evil, can we make any sense of it at all?
20 March 1996
The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Primate of Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Bishop Coadjutor of Jerusalem, the Anglican Observer at the United Nations and the Secretary of the Anglican Communion, have issued statements of sympathy, concern and calls for prayer after the news of the recent bombings in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
07 March 1996
For the second successive Sunday in Jerusalem the dawning of the day was suddenly and violently disrupted. The whole world was able to witness the bloody and terrible carnage effected by those who seek to sabotage an increasingly fragile peace process. I join in condemning such brutal actions and activities by all sides and groups
06 March 1996