[Anglican Journal] An ecumenical organization teaching sustainable farming techniques is helping Nicaraguan farmers feed their families and generate income, Church World Service (CWS) reports.
21 June [ENInews] Member churches of the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) have been holding consultations on sexual and reproductive rights throughout the region in preparation for a conference next year in Havana.
After discussion and prayer and in accord with its canons the Provincial Executive of the Cono Sur together with its College of Bishops, did not ratify the election of the Ven. Dr. Michael Pollesel as bishop-coadjutor for Uruguay.
Geneva, 18 October (ENInews) - An ecumenical accompaniment program has been launched to assist victims of violence in Colombia, where internal armed conflict has drive nearly five million people away from their land and property, according to the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI).
The Southern Cone's Provincial Executive Council met in Chile from May 16-18.
The new Primate, Héctor "Tito" Zavala, welcomed delegates to Santiago for this year's first of two regular meetings. The key concern was Uruguay's petition to seek another jurisdiction after last year's Provincial Synod, given the Province's trajectory contrary to the ordination of women to the presbyterate and the denial of local option.
El Décimo Sínodo de la Provincia del Cono Sur de las Américas, reuniendo en Buenos Aires, Argentina, del 1 al 5 de noviembre del 2010, ha elegido al Obispo Hector "Tito" Zavala de la diócesis de Chile como Primado, siendo el primer chileno en este puesto.
The Anglican Diocese of Chile is developing a plan for short- and long-term relief to serve isolated communities most affected by the magnitude-8.8 earthquake that shook the central part of Chile on Feb. 27, leaving almost 400 people dead and damaging some 1.5 million homes.
Presiding Bishop of the Southern Cone
To my dear brothers and sisters in Christ in the Southern Cone:
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the One Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
I am enroute back to Buenos Aires having, as you are well aware, been meeting in Dar es Salaam with the other Primates of the Anglican Communion. The meeting has resulted in a great deal of attention. I thought it might be helpful to share some of my thoughts with you.
Resolution of Provincial Synod of the Southern Cone, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, 2-4 November 2004
Full Support of the Province for its Primate
As a synod we give thanks for the Windsor Report and all those that were committed to its preparation. It offers valuable tools to the Communion with which our serious problems can be addressed regarding the authority of the Scripture, order in the Church and the crisis over human sexuality that two provinces of the Communion have created by taking "rebellious and unilateral actions".
The Diocese of Northern Argentina of the Province of the Southern Cone is to elect a new bishop after the retirement of the current incumbent after 30 years of service.
The election of the new suffragan bishop will take place on 3 June. Six candidates have been chosen from among the three major tribal groups living in the Formosa region. Four come from the Wichi peoples, one from the Toba, and another from Chorote. The new Bishop is to replace Mario Marino, himself Wichi.
The electorate is made up of 40 clergy and 40 laity, with the vote happening at Ingeniero Juarez, central to the Anglican Church's evangelism, translation, health and education programmes for more than a century. There are seventy churches in the area.
The election process will be supervised by a committee from Paraguay headed by the Rt Revd Andres Rodriguez. The new bishop will serve under the diocesan bishop, the Rt Revd Humberto Axt. The Church of the Province of the Southern Cone requests your prayers from the Communion.
