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Nigerian bishop tells of church 'slaughter'

A senior cleric has spoken of how suspected Islamist militants "slaughtered" some 30 churchgoers in north-eastern Nigeria on Sunday.

29 January 2014

Anglicans, Roman Catholics 'committed to dialogue'

Canadian Roman Catholics have expressed the hope that the Anglican Church of Canada would seek input from its ecumenical partners

08 January 2014

Anglican priests to play Vatican team at cricket

[BBC News] The head of the Anglican Communion, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has accepted a challenge from the Vatican to play their first ever cricket match.

21 December 2013

Abp Welby: "Digitised ancient Bibles will impact worship, faith"

Ancient Bibles and Biblical texts have been digitised and made available to the public for the first time.

03 December 2013

Archbishops support Great Lakes peace campaign

The Archbishops of Canterbury and Westminster have expressed their support for a church-led peace campaign launched on in the Great Lakes Region of Africa.

03 December 2013

Showcasing progress in Anglican-Catholic relations

Anglican and Catholic leaders met in Rome this week to discuss practical action around recent progress in ecumencial relations

28 November 2013

Pope Francis shows 'St Peter's bones' to public for first time

Eight bone fragments reputed to be of St Peter were held aloft by Pope Francis at mass on Sunday

25 November 2013

Anglican leader hints at joint 'surprises' with Pope Francis

The head of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, said in an interview with Vatican Radio that “a few” Catholic-Anglican “surprises” may be forthcoming.

04 November 2013

Vatican's rules on eucharistic sharing could be further relaxed

Abp Bernard Longley says the "pain" of division at the Eucharist is a "spur" towards resolving the issue

07 October 2013

Pope sounds alarm on anti-Christian persecution

 Pope Francis urges Christians to an examination of conscience about their response to such acts of anti-Christian persecution.

26 September 2013