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Inaugural prayer service attendees hear calls for faith, unity

Episcopal News Service By Mary Frances Schjonberg] As is traditional for such events, the inauguration of President Barack Obama was surrounded by prayer, and Episcopal churches and Episcopalians played large roles in spiritually supporting the beginning of the president’s second term.

23 January 2013

Religious leaders in Geneva advocate for peace

Religious leaders in Geneva advocate for peace

WCC general secretary Olav Fykse Tveit speaking at the Vatican’s inter-religious service in the Ecumenical Centre, Geneva.

23 January 2013

Churches celebrate Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Churches celebrate Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

Drawing on the Indian churches’ experience of Christian disunity in the realities of casteism, churches around the world are celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with a particular focus on justice as integral to the unity they seek.

23 January 2013

Bishop Justin Welby becomes archbishop of Canterbury-elect

Bishop Justin Welby becomes archbishop of Canterbury-elect

A medieval ceremony has begun the process of the Rt Revd Justin Welby becoming the Archbishop of Canterbury.

11 January 2013

"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013

"Clearer and more cohesive": new CMS leader's wishes for 2013

In France, where I lived for the last six years, there's a tradition of the formal sharing of New Year’s greetings – everyone does it, from the president down to the humblest local mayor.

07 January 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury: appreciate the 'silent conspiracy of generous dedication'

Archbishop of Canterbury: appreciate the 'silent conspiracy of generous dedication'

The Archbishop of Canterbury has used his final New Year’s message to pay tribute to people whose unsung efforts and sacrificial generosity helps to transform lives and build communities.

01 January 2013

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Sermon - 'join the human race this Christmas'

Archbishop of Canterbury's Christmas Sermon - 'join the human race this Christmas'

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, is urging people to go and ‘join the human race’ this Christmas and become agents of transformation and renewal. 

25 December 2012

UPDATED Connecticut bishops issue statement in response to shooting massacre [+ en espanol]

UPDATED Connecticut bishops issue statement in response to shooting massacre [+ en espanol]

The bishops of the Diocese of Connecticut issued the following statement in response to the Dec. 14 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School

14 December 2012

Architect for Haiti Episcopal Cathedral announced

Architect for Haiti Episcopal Cathedral announced

The Episcopal Church and the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti announce the selection of Kerns Group Architects, P.C., of Arlington, VA, as architect of the new Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Diocese of Haiti).

14 December 2012

Anglican church head supports bus preaching ban

Anglican church head supports bus preaching ban

The head of the Anglican Church in Jamaica has supported the Jamaica Urban Transit Company's (JUTC's) ban on bus preachers, saying that some Christians have misinterpreted the Scriptures to

03 December 2012