Shakespeare's Church Hopes to Avert Closure
The church in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was baptised and buried is hoping to stave off closure by gathering at least £2.5 million to carry out extensive repairs..
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Pope Calls for Sobriety, Solidarity and Change in 2009
Pope Benedict XVI has called for "sobriety and solidarity" and major changes to the global financial system.
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Spread Some Christian Cheer to Vulnerable People This Christmas
As the practical arm of the Uniting Church and leading provider of not-for-profit welfare community services, UnitingCare NSW.ACT is experiencing firsthand the impact of the financial crisis on children, young people, families and older people.
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Hope Found for Christmas on YouTube
The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne and Geelong Dr Philip Freier has again used the popular video network YouTube to offer a Christmas message of hope to all who are feeling anxious about an uncertain world.
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Newly Appointed Social Justice Consultant Geared for Positive Change
Rex describes his new role as having three dimensions - research, policy development and social justice advocacy.
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Baptist-Catholic Talks Continue
The third round in the second series of theological conversations between the Baptist World Alliance (BWA) and the Vatican is taking place December 14-19 at Duke Divinity School in the state of North Carolina in the United States.
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Episcopal Head Addresses Controversies, Challenges Media
WASHINGTON – The world is hungry for hope and the head of The Episcopal Church has challenged the media to take the less traveled road of feeding the public with more stories of encouragement than of scandal and controversy.
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Peace Prize Winner Tim Costello in Conversation with Archbishop Philip Freier
This year's winner of the Australian Peace Prize, the Revd Tim Costello, will join Melbourne's Anglican Archbishop Dr Philip Freier in public conversation on Sunday 17 December at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne.
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Christmas Messages from Australian Church Leaders
The message from our government and business community this Christmas is: "Spend up big for the sake of the country." Will we be rich or poor? This seems to be the ultimate economic question. No matter how well off we become we still fear losing it all.
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It's Time to Remove Mugabe, Says Archbishop
The Archbishop of York has called on the international community to remove Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe from power as a deadly cholera outbreak continues to add to the woes of a country already devastated by hyperinflation and widespread destitution.
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Advent Conspiracy – Telling the Christmas Story Better
Hundreds of churches around the world are participating in the Advent Conspiracy, observing the Christmas season with a little less glitter, a little less debt and a lot more love.
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Conservative Bishops to Meet Anglican Head Over Breakaway Province
Conservative Anglican primates, leaders of national churches, will meet the Archbishop of Canterbury Friday for emergency talks over the formation of a new Anglican province in North America.