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Southern Cone approves Anglican Communion Covenant (+ version espanola)

Southern Cone approves Anglican Communion Covenant (+ version espanola)

At its recent in Asunción, Paraguay, the Executive Committee of the Province of the Southern Cone of America, together with its Bishops, voted to approve the Anglican Covenant.

21 December 2011

El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

El Salvador gives award to Archbishop Romero Trust

London, 14 November (ENInews). El Salvador on 11 November bestowed the first "Amigo de El Salvador" award on the London-based Archbishop Romero Trust, which celebrates the legacy of human rights advocate Archbishop Oscar Romero.

16 November 2011

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

El Salvador church partners respond to 'unparalleled' flooding catastrophe

Severe flooding and mudslides caused by tropical rains throughout El Salvador have affected about 150,000 people, cut off dozens of communities and resulted in almost 40 deaths. 

21 October 2011

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Ecumenical accompaniment program launched in Colombia

Geneva, 18 October (ENInews) - An ecumenical accompaniment program has been launched to assist victims of violence in Colombia, where internal armed conflict has drive nearly five million people away from their land and property, according to the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI).

19 October 2011

Salvadoran youth participate in peace workshops

Salvadoran youth participate in peace workshops

A series of workshops on building a culture of peace has begun this week in El Salvador, involving youth from several churches and coordinated by the Reformed Church.

22 August 2011

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council vote for extraordinary Synod (English/Spanish)

The new Primate, Héctor "Tito" Zavala, welcomed delegates to Santiago for this year's first of two regular meetings. The key concern was Uruguay's petition to seek another jurisdiction after last year's Provincial Synod

13 June 2011

Uruguay votes to transfer to another Province

Uruguay votes to transfer to another Province

The Diocese of Uruguay has voted in an extraordinary diocesan Synod to leave the Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de America and seek another jurisdiction with which to share its ministry.

15 November 2010

Informe del Sinodo Cono Sur

Informe del Sinodo Cono Sur

El Décimo Sínodo de la Provincia del Cono Sur de las Américas, reuniendo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, del 1 al 5 de noviembre del 2010, ha elegido al Obispo Hector "Tito" Zavala de la diócesis de Chile como Primado, siendo el primer chileno en este puesto. 

08 November 2010

Report on the Southern Cone Synod 2010

Report on the Southern Cone Synod 2010

The tenth Synod of the Province of the Southern Cone of America, meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1-5 November, 2010, has elected Bishop Hector "Tito" Zavala of Chile as its next Primate replacing Bishop Gregory Venables. 

05 November 2010

Chile bishop says diocese is reaching out to isolated communities after quake

Chile bishop says diocese is reaching out to isolated communities after quake

The Anglican Diocese of Chile is developing a plan for short- and long-term relief to serve isolated communities most affected by the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that shook the central part of Chile on Feb. 27, leaving almost 400 people dead and damaging some 1.5 million homes.

23 March 2010