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Canon Andrew White suspended over investigation into FRRME charity

The President of the Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, Canon Andrew White, has been suspended by the charity’s trustees pending an inquiry. 

24 June 2016

Assassination attempt on Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch

The former Bishop of the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford, the Rt Revd Christopher Hill, has condemned an assassination attempt on Patriarch Ignatius Aphrem II Karim of the Syriac Orthodox Church.

22 June 2016

Orthodox churches gather for Holy and Great Council

The long-planned Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox churches is getting underway in Crete; despite the absence of a number of churches over un-resolved differences.

16 June 2016

Ecumenical devotional to mark Reformation anniversary

A new daily devotional produced by Anglican and Lutheran church leaders will be published later this year to help Christians in the two communions mark next year’s 500th anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation. 

15 June 2016

The Anglican Communion's spymaster general

Anglican and Roman Catholic leaders were joined by senior figures from other Christian denominations last night at a special choral evensong in Westminster Abbey to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Anglican Centre in Rome.

15 June 2016

Mission to Seafarers Launches Corporate Partnerships Portfolio

The Anglican mission agency Mission to Seafarers has launched a Corporate Partnerships Portfolio with suggestions for how the maritime industry can deliver on corporate social responsibility. 

14 June 2016

Anglicans walk hundreds of miles to remember martyrs

For the last week all roads in Uganda have been leading to the Namugongo Anglican site where more than 20 Anglican Christians were brutally murdered over a century ago.

03 June 2016

Anglican 'hidden treasure' archives to be restored

Archive treasures from the start of the Anglican Communion Office (ACO) back in 1968 are to be restored and developed to help build and inform the future of the Communion and its mission

01 June 2016

Equipping churches to respond to Human Trafficking

Representatives from Anglican and Salvation Army churches across Africa met in Cape Town last week to share insights and build a common vision on how to tackle human trafficking and modern day slavery.

01 June 2016

Continuing Indaba director returns to parish ministry

The Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves, who for the past 10 years has led the Anglican Communion’s Continuing Indaba conflict transformation and reconciliation ministry, is to leave his post at the end of July to return to parish ministry. Dr Groves will become Associate Rector in the Wychert Vale Benefice in the Church of England’s Diocese of Oxford.

27 May 2016