Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has spoken of his shock at the murder of the former Prime Bishop (Primate) of the Philippine Independent Church, a church in Full Communion with churches in the Anglican Communion. The Most Revd Alberto Ramento of Tarlac was found stabbed to death in his rectory on 3 October.

'I learned with great shock and sadness of the murder of Bishop Alberto Ramento. His family and friends and the church that he served with great faithfulness and courage are very much in my thoughts and prayers.'

Dr Williams has sent his condolences.
 
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The Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) and the Association of Episcopal Colleges have announced the change in status of Trinity College of Quezon City, Philippines, to Trinity University of Asia (TUA).

Trinity's five-year mission to become a university was officially accomplished on July 18 when the Commission on Higher Education granted the change. The September 18 investiture of Dr. Josephina Suerte Sumaya, as the university's first president, at the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John inaugurated the occasion.

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The Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) has announced that one of its churches - St. Peter's in Sabangan, Mountain Province - has been demolished in order to enable a government-coordinated project of constructing an open-air gymnasium, despite a civil court case declaring the Diocese of Northern Philippines as the rightful owner of the property.

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