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‘Interfaith work has failed — we need to move to action’ says Israeli professor
INTERFAITH work has failed to contain animosity between communities over the past five years, and the Church of England lacks status in Israel, an Israeli professor has suggested this week.Professor Uriel Simonsohn is senior…
Vatican condemns Europe’s ‘polite persecution’ of Christians
A VATICAN observer and human-rights experts have warned of growing threats to Christians worldwide, against the background of continued demands for the European Union to appoint a Christian-rights coordinator.Speaking to…
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US Episcopalians return safe from Holy Land A GROUP of ten Episcopalian pilgrims from Connecticut to the Holy Land, including Bishop Jeffrey W. Mello, arrived home on 3 March amid the conflict in the Middle East. Bishop Mello…
Franciscans in Italy condemn sales of ‘relics’
CHRISTIANS should not to be taken in by expensive internet offers of relics of St Francis of Assisi, the Order of St Francis in Italy has said. “Relics are not for sale — this is nothing but fraud,” the head of communications…
Cyprus & Gulf ‘strengthened’ by Anglican Communion in face of Middle East conflict
THE Bishop in Cyprus & the Gulf, the Rt Revd Sean Semple, has joined the World Council of Churches (WCC) and Anglican representatives to the United Nations’ refugee agency in reiterating regional calls for peace and…
‘Moral and spiritual authority’ of Archbishop of Canterbury ‘severely compromised’ says Gafcon Primate
GAFCON has issued an “Abuja Affirmation” signed by the Archbishop of Rwanda, Dr Laurent Mbanda, which calls for complete separation from the Anglican Communion’s Instruments of Communion.Dr Mbanda was announced last week as…
Gafcon to be led by new Global Anglican Council including clergy, laity, and bishops
IN A communiqué marking what, it says, is a “historic day for the Global Anglican Communion”, Gafcon has announced that it has dissolved its Primates Council to replace it with a new Global Anglican Council, chaired by the…
Russian Orthodox leader calls on Russia to ‘go further’ in war with Ukraine
A SENIOR Russian Orthodox Church leader, Metropolitan Kirill (Pokrovsky) of Stavropol, has called for Russia to occupy more Ukrainian territory, as the war enters its fifth year. In an interview last week with the Russian…
‘Peace is not for sale’ but requires justice and dignity, Church leaders write of Middle East war
FOUR global Church networks, representing hundreds of millions of Christians, have issued a joint call for peace in the Middle East as the conflict continues. The death toll across the region is reported to have reached at…
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New Dean for Berkeley Divinity School, Yale THE next Dean and President of Berkeley Divinity School, at Yale, is to be the Revd Dr Gabrielle Thomas, who will also serve as Associate Dean of Yale Divinity School, from 1 July.…
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