The Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, meeting at Modderpoort in the Free State from 16 to 20 February 2009, have been shocked at the news that the Provincial Department of Health in the Free State has withdrawn anti-retroviral medication from HIV positive patients because of shortage of funds
18 February 2009
"Steer to health, education and development for the good of the church." These were the words of Archbishop Emmanuel Kolini to Nathan Gasatura, the newly elected Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Butare. Archbishop Kolini was addressing the people who attended the consecration of Bishop of Butare, His Lordship Bishop Nathan Gasatura on 11 January 2009.
15 January 2009
The Bishops of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) met between Jan 5th –10th 2009 at the Ibru Centre, Agbarha-Otor, Delta State
12 January 2009
Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has sent messages of support to areas of KwaZulu Natal and Mozambique where storms and flooding have caused death and destruction
08 January 2009
The Archbishop of Burundi, the Most Revd Bernard Ntahoturi, recently led a 5-strong ecumenical delegation of church leaders from Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
17 December 2008
I am deeply pained by the terrible deterioration, disease and despair we are seeing in Zimbabwe
08 December 2008
The Episcopal Church of the Sudan reburies its first Archbishop in Juba, sixteen years after his death and burial in exile in Khartoum.
10 November 2008
Christian emergency response organizations have expressed alarm at a deteriorating situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo's North Kivu province and about brutalities innocent civilians are facing in a potential humanitarian catastrophe.
04 November 2008
Anglican Bishop Nelson Onono-Onweng of Northern Uganda has told a delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) to the region that a rebel war with the government is finally over despite some recent reports of flare ups.
31 October 2008
The State of the Nation is not just how the economy is doing, or how strong the Rand is. The State of the Nation is about how well the people of South Africa are doing
14 October 2008