There is something to be afraid of in the renewal of a world: I may not welcome being reconstructed or interrupted.
26 December 2003
With hundreds of walkers expected to take part in the annual Boxing Day pilgrimage from Ripon Cathedral to Fountains Abbey, the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, the Rt Revd John Richard Packer, will use this year's occasion to pledge the church's support for rural concerns.
23 December 2003
A call for drinks companies to spend as much money on educating people about sensible drinking as they do on persuading people to drink alcohol at Christmas, has been made by the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert.
17 December 2003
Christians, business leaders and sixth-formers from the Isle of Wight are to find out how they can help save our planet.
04 November 2003
An important initiative to encourage dialogue between the governments and faith communities of Europe has been applauded by the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert.
04 November 2003
At his first meeting with leaders of the Jewish community in Rome, Pope John XXIII, it's said, greeted them with the words, "I am Joseph, your brother". He was evoking one of the most poignant moments in the Old Testament.
02 November 2003
The Anglican-Methodist Covenant in England will be signed at a national celebration on Saturday 1 November 2003, at 11:00am, in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen.
27 October 2003
Speaking via a live satellite link from New Hampshire today, the Revd Canon V Gene Robinson, who will be consecrated as the Anglican Communion's first openly gay bishop next week, told the Halfway to Lambeth conference that "the issue of homosexuality in the Church should not be elevated above all that holds us together".
25 October 2003
After eighteen months of intense planning, the Halfway to Lambeth conference, organised by the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement (LGCM), began today (24 October) in Manchester, England.
24 October 2003
A new international journal is released this month concerned with the study of Anglicanism in all its forms. The scholarly journal is published by Continuum Publishers on behalf of the Journal of Anglican Studies Trust and will appear twice a year.
22 October 2003