ACNS: Church of England Farsi-language Holy Communion

The Anglican Communion News Service reports from the launch of a new Farsi (Persian) translation Holy Communion service, at Wakefield Cathedral, West Yorkshire, on Saturday 2 March 2019.

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Working with the UN to tackle the trafficking of women and girls

The United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women held a General Discussion on Friday 22 Feb 2019 as part of its preparations for new guidance to help member states prevent trafficking of women and girls in the context of global migration.

The Anglican Communion’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jack Palmer-White, urged the meeting to consider the role that Anglican Churches can play.

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ACNS: Anglican Communion representatives at the C of E General Synod

The Moderator (Primate) of the united Church of North India, the Most Reverend Dr Prem Chand Singh, Bishop of Jabalpur; and the Right Reverend Paul Korir, Bishop of  Kapsabet in the Anglican Church of Kenya, spoke to the Church of England’s General Synod about evangelism and discipleship on Wednesday 20 February 2019.

ACNS: Call to a Season of Prayer and Repentance

The Archbishop’s Task Group, set up to strengthen relationships within the Anglican Communion, is calling Anglicans to a Season of Prayer and Repentance during the fifth week of Lent in 2020. The Anglican Communion News Service interviewed a member of the Task Group, Bishop Linda Nicholls of Huron in the Anglican Church of Canada, to find out more about the thinking behind the call to prayer and repentance.

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ACNS - An interview with Primus Mark Strange

The Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Bishop Mark Strange, spoke to the Anglican Communion News Service during a recent visit to the Anglican Communion Office in London.