Pilgrims Mark Palm Sunday as Holy Week Begins
Yesterday was Palm Sunday, and Christians around the world have celebrated the day with various different traditions. Even in the historical place of Jerusalem, pilgrims demonstrated their Christian faith despite....
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American Conservatives Slam US Episcopal for Halting All Consecrations
In response to the Covenant Statement issued by the US Episcopal Church’s House of Bishops earlier this week, the American Anglican Council (AAC) has been outraged at the ECUSA’s decision to halt all consecrations...
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UN Commission on Human Rights Focus Directed to Papua, Indonesia by WCC
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has stated that its main involvement this year in the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) will be the economic, social and cultural rights of the Papuan population in Indonesia...
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ECUSA Agrees to Refrain from Consecrating All Bishops till 2006
The Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) has reported that it will not consecrate any further bishops – heterosexual as well as homosexual – at least until 2006. The announcement came this week after the House of Bishops gathered in Texas, USA...
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Archbishop of Canterbury Greets ECUSA’s "Constructive" Covenant Statement
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rev Rowan Williams has greeted the Covenant Statement, which was issued on the 15th March by the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church of the United States of America (ECUSA)...
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Episcopal House of Bishops Release Windsor Report Statement
On 15th March 2005 at the House of Bishops’ Spring Meeting the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church adopted a "New Covenant" by an almost unanimous vote. Today, further work will be carried out at the meeting...
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WCC Announce UN Seminar into Human Rights in Iraq
The World Council of Churches has announced a seminar to take place at its Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on Tuesday 22nd March 2005. The seminar will look into the responsibility of the United Nations for Human Rights in Iraq...
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Howard’s Abortion Views Gain Catholic Favour for Election
Following the address on abortion last weekend by Michael Howard, Conservative party leader, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, head of the Catholic Church in England and Wales, Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor, responded positively...
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Pope Leaves Hospital under Careful Watch of Doctors
Pope John Paul II has left hospital and has returned home to the Vatican on Sunday 13th March. Although he has been released from the Rome hospital, the Pontiff remains to have doctors, in shifts, constantly taking care...
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Offensive Last Supper Ad Banned by Churches in France
The Catholic Church in France has won a ruling in the Court yesterday to ban an "offensive" advertising poster, which is based on Leonardo da Vinci's famous painting of Christ's Last Supper...
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WCC's Kobia Helps Record-Breaking Africa Appeal during Scandinavian Tour
The World Council of Churches General Secretary, Rev Samuel Kobia has helped in a record-breaking fund-raising appeal for Africa. He assisted in the Appeal, which raised a record Ł1.4 million in just one day...
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Williams calls for Election Attention to Turn to Climate Issues
The Archbishop of Canterbury this week has called for both voters and political heads to change their attitudes towards environmental issues. At Kent University, Rev Rowan Williams requested that a charter for environmental rights...