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Presiding bishop to join Obama administration as advisory council member

Presiding bishop to join Obama administration as advisory council member

President Barack Obama announced Feb. 4 that Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori would be joining his administration as a member of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

05 February 2011

West Indies adopts the Anglican Communion Covenant

West Indies adopts the Anglican Communion Covenant

The Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies has announced that his Province has adopted the Anglican Communion Covenant. It is the third to do so officially, the others being the Anglican Church of Mexico and The Church of the Province of Myanmar.

30 January 2011

Relief efforts continue in Rio de Janeiro State

Relief efforts continue in Rio de Janeiro State

The death toll in Rio de Janeiro State continues to rise, after deadly rainstorms, never before seen in the region, which brought devastating destruction to Região Serrana, the Central Mountainous region of the State.

26 January 2011

Esforcos humanitarios continuam na Regiao Serrana do Rio de Janeiro

Esforcos humanitarios continuam na Regiao Serrana do Rio de Janeiro

O número de mortos no Estado do Rio de Janeiro continua a subir, após severas tempestades que trouxeram efeitos devastadores à Região Serrana fluminense.

26 January 2011

Church in solidarity with vicitms of flooding disaster in SE Brazil

Church in solidarity with vicitms of flooding disaster in SE Brazil

Anglicans are being called on to help families affected by killer mudslides

17 January 2011

IEAB em solidariedade com as vítimas das enchentes e deslizamentos

IEAB em solidariedade com as vítimas das enchentes e deslizamentos

As recentes chuvas que castigaram diversas áreas da Região Sudeste do Brasil, e em especial municípios da Região Serrana do Rio de Janeiro, deixam a todos nós consternados e em busca de possibilidades de auxílio as inúmeras vítimas afetadas.

17 January 2011

Haiti marks one year since devastating earthquake

Haiti marks one year since devastating earthquake

In the year since tens of thousands of people died and more than a million people were displaced by a magnitude-7 earthquake that struck just outside of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Jan. 12, 2010,

13 January 2011

Episcopalians pray for victims of Arizona massacre

Episcopalians pray for victims of Arizona massacre

Episcopalians have joined the rest of the United States in prayer and remembrance following the killing of six people and wounding of 14 others outside a Tucson, Arizona-area grocery store

10 January 2011

Utah teens raise $1 million, inspire others to aid local homeless

Utah teens raise $1 million, inspire others to aid local homeless

When teenagers Ashton Palmer and Andrew Hagedorn decided to raise money to help Salt Lake City area homeless, they set an ambitious goal of $200,000.

 

06 January 2011

Climate justice focus for Episcopal/Anglican gathering in Dominican Republic

Climate justice focus for Episcopal/Anglican gathering in Dominican Republic

Anglican and Episcopal leaders from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean are arriving 6 December 2010 in the Dominican Republic for a four-day gathering to explore the intersection between poverty and climate change.

13 December 2010