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A call from Inter-Anglican Standing Committee on Mission and Evangelism

A call from Inter-Anglican Standing Committee on Mission and Evangelism

We are writing as twenty-two members of the Anglican Communion's new Mission Commission at the end of our first meeting in Johannesburg South Africa, May 2001.

09 June 2001

New Director for Rome's Anglican Centre

New Director for Rome's Anglican Centre

The Right Reverend Richard Garrard, currently suffragan Bishop of Penrith, is to be the next Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. He succeeds the Right Reverend John Baycroft, who has retired on grounds of ill health. Bishop Garrard will take up his post in the autumn.

09 June 2001

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost Sermon

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Pentecost Sermon

Birthdays should be happy events when we celebrate the gift and continuity of life - and that's certainly the case today. Pentecost is the birthday of the Church and we commemorate in our celebration God's gift of life through Jesus Christ.

03 June 2001

Ecumenical team concerned about lack of provisions for proposed Global Fund for AIDS

Ecumenical team concerned about lack of provisions for proposed Global Fund for AIDS

A team representing the World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed concern about a lack of provisions for the proposed Global Fund for AIDS.

02 June 2001

That they may have Life

That they may have Life

At its best politics is about values, about what we consider most important. That is what faith is about too. Both go to the heart of the matter. In their different ways they affect fundamentally how we live together in God's creation.

25 May 2001

Interfaith award to Archbishop and Mrs Carey

Interfaith award to Archbishop and Mrs Carey

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, and his wife, Mrs Eileen Carey, were presented with the International Council of Christians and Jews Interfaith Gold Medallions in a ceremony at Lambeth Palace yesterday evening.

25 May 2001

Lambeth Degree conferred on Governor-General designate of Australia

Lambeth Degree conferred on Governor-General designate of Australia

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, today (22 May 2001) conferred the Lambeth Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) on the Archbishop of Brisbane, Dr Peter Hollingworth, Governor-General Designate of Australia.

24 May 2001

Secretary General urges prayer priority in troubled times

Secretary General urges prayer priority in troubled times

Just today I am hearing about life and death situations in Central Africa, Palestine, West Africa, while attending the meeting of the Inter Anglican Standing Commission on Mission and Evangelism in the Province of Southern Africa. 

18 May 2001

Appointment of the Bishop to Prisons

Appointment of the Bishop to Prisons

The Bishop of Worcester, The Rt Rev Peter Selby has been appointed The Bishop to Prisons. He will take up this appointment in September, succeeding the Rt Rev Robert Hardy, who will retire as Bishop of Lincoln later this year.

16 May 2001

Church role in fighting AIDS in Africa

Church role in fighting AIDS in Africa

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, described the crisis caused by HIV/AIDS in Africa as a "staggering problem, driven by dire poverty." He has first-hand experience of the conditions in many African countries where AIDS is rife, through his visits as leader of the world-wide Anglican Communion.

16 May 2001