This website is best viewed with CSS and JavaScript enabled.

News Stories


Africa

Bishop of Swaziland gives thanks for Communion delegation

Bishop of Swaziland gives thanks for Communion delegation

The Bishop of Swaziland, the Rt Revd Meshack Mabuza, has expressed great thanks for the visit to his diocese last month of a delegation from the worldwide Anglican Communion

11 August 2004

Bishop escapes abduction attempt

Bishop escapes abduction attempt

Reuters new agency is reporting the attempted abduction of the Bishop of Bujumbura, in Burundi, by the Hutu Forces for National Liberation (FNL).

11 August 2004

Anglican Church of Kenya appeals for food assistance as famine hits

Anglican Church of Kenya appeals for food assistance as famine hits

The Anglican Church of Kenya has made an appeal to all its Christians and friends to make donations towards alleviating the famine affecting nearly four million people in several parts of the country.

02 August 2004

UK delegation in talks with Ghana minister

UK delegation in talks with Ghana minister

A 25-member delegation from St Thomas Anglican Cathedral, Portsmouth, UK and the Isle of Wight Deaneries UK recently paid a courtesy call on the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Mr Nana Kwadwo Seiti at his residence in Sunyani, Ghana.

28 July 2004

Thousands witness opening of cathedral in Rwanda

Thousands witness opening of cathedral in Rwanda

John the Baptist Cathedral in Rwanda has been completed and officially opened at an event attended by the Archbishop of Rwanda, the Most Revd Emmanuel Kolini, and Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame. Thousands attended the event, including more than a thousand converts.

27 July 2004

Orombi calls for international help

Orombi calls for international help

The Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi, the Primate of the Church of the Province of Uganda, has called for international pressure on the Lord's Resistance Army to force them into peace talks with the Ugandan government. 

20 July 2004

Uganda's primate in newspaper feature

Uganda's primate in newspaper feature

The Primate of the Church of the Province of Uganda, the Most Revd Henry Luke Orombi, has featured in the Ugandan newspaper 'The New Vision'. 

16 July 2004

Dallas diocese funds Uganda clinic

Dallas diocese funds Uganda clinic

MUKONO, Uganda - Work is almost complete on a maternity and childcare hospital built to serve the Batwa population by the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.

15 July 2004

Bishops motivated after CAPA training

Bishops motivated after CAPA training

Eighteen bishops have attended a training course for new bishops organised by the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) in Dar es Salaam Tanzania. The group was led in their work by a former Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Canada, the Most Revd Douglas Hambidge

15 July 2004

A pastoral visit to the diocese of Swaziland

A pastoral visit to the diocese of Swaziland

A communique from an Anglican Communion delegation to Swaziland... In response to a request from the Bishop of Swaziland, the Rt Revd Meshack Mabuza, the Primate of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa (CPSA) - the Most Revd Njongonkulu Ndungane - formed a delegation of Anglican Communion leaders to visit Swaziland from 8-10 July 2004.

14 July 2004