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Seven areas of priority set at church leaders' meeting

Lay involvement, involvement of youth and young people in our churches and issues in ordained ministry, especially on women bishops and diaconate were among the priorities set by the Porvoo Church Leaders' Meeting for the next years.

At a meeting in Cardiff, Wales, 16-21. March 2006, around 50 leaders from the churches of the Porvoo Communion evaluated the work since the signing of the Porvoo Declaration 10 years ago and identified issues and guidelines for the next years.

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The Church in Wales welcomes representatives from all Porvoo Churches across Europe to Cardiff later this week (Thursday 16th - Tues 21st March). They will be gathering to discuss the challenges and processes of communicating the Gospel in the twenty-first century.

Members of the churches in Wales, England and Ireland as well as Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and Latvia will be gathering at the Urdd Centre within the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay for a four-day conference which will include seminars, speakers, video and practical training in church communication. 

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The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, has praised congregations across Wales for their wonderful response to the present crisis stemming from the tsunami in the Indian ocean on 26 December and urged congregations and individuals to hold the victims in their prayers during this difficult time.

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"Show concern by DOING something" says Archbishop Barry in Christmas message.

The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, the Archbishop of Wales, has used his Christmas message this year to urge us all to DO something. Referring to two events of twenty years ago - the industrial disaster at Bhopal, India, and the release of the first Band Aid record - the Archbishop emphasises that the heart of the Christmas message is that God is deeply concerned with his world and "invites those who are his followers to join Him in his struggle against poverty, disease, war, hopelessness and despair".

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The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan has urged congregations across Wales to hold the Ukraine in their prayers as tensions continue to rise following recent elections. The Archbishop plans to use a confirmation service at All Saints church in Barry this evening to say:

"During the past few days, the Ukraine has been very much in my thoughts and prayers, and I hope that this is being replicated in congregations and by individuals across Wales. It is clear that all the people of the Ukraine have felt the impact, in some measure, of the uneasiness arising out of the recent election held there.

"Those of use who live here in Cardiff have of course a particular link with the Ukraine since the city of Cardiff is twinned with Lugansk.

"My prayer at this time is that a peaceful solution will be found to the present situation and that legitimate and peaceful protest will not lead to bloody confrontation. We pray also that the visit of EU foreign policy commissioner Javier Solana, as well as the Polish and Lithuanian presidents and representatives of the Russian administration will help lead to a just and lasting political solution."

The Most Revd Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, today paid tribute to Palestinian Authority President, Yasser Arafat following his death earlier this morning.

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This Friday will see two new bishops being consecrated at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff - Ven Anthony Crockett is to serve as the next Bishop of Bangor, while Rev Canon Dr David Yeoman will serve as Assistant Bishop in the diocese of Llandaff. At present Llandaff Cathedral is the metropolitical Cathedral of the Church in Wales, since Most Rev Dr Barry Morgan, Archbishop of Wales, is also Bishop of the diocese of Llandaff.

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At a press conference held today at the Church in Wales' provincial offices in Cardiff (1100 am, Tuesday 4 May 2004), the result of the episcopal election to choose the 80th Bishop of Bangor was announced. The next Bishop of Bangor is to be the Ven Anthony Crockett, presently Archdeacon of Carmarthen in the diocese of St Davids.

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