Anglican Communion News Service

In Italy for a round of engagements including addressing the G8 Meeting, Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, seized the opportunity to visit the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Centre exists to promote understanding and unity within the Christian household, particularly between the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches, two of the world’s most global and far-reaching bodies, and to encourage cooperation between all peoples.

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As you know, the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to fester. Much is still underreported. In addition to the crisis in the Goma region, there are two areas of rebel activity in Congo which have not hit the news

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Lisbon’s Cathedral Church of St Paul was over flowing with people on Saturday as the Lusitanian Church in Portugal celebrated the 50th anniversary of the consecration of their first bishop. The Lusitanian Church is an extra provincial diocese to the Archbishop of Canterbury with its Anglican Communion roots coming from the Church of Ireland, the Episcopal Church USA and Igreja Anglican Episcopal of Brazil.

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In the splendour of the Church of Santa Maria Sopa Minerva, Rome, the Very Revd David Richardson, former Dean of Melbourne, (Australia) was installed and blessed as the new Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome (ACR) on 7May 2008. He also will serve as the Archbishop of Canterbury's personal representative to the Holy See (The Vatican and the Pope).

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Applications are invited for the post of Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome wish to appoint a new Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See and Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome to succeed the Rt Revd John Flack who is retiring on 28 February 2008 after nearly five years in the post. 

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A European network of Christian churches has launched a new plan called Climate Justice Now to tackle global warming from the standpoint of North/South equity. "We're trying to establish a whole new way of looking at climate change," said Gert de Gans, one leader of the climate plan supported by the European Christian Environmental Network (ECEN)

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams last week visited the European Institutions in Brussels the visit culminating with a call on the President of the Commission, President Jose Manuel Durao Barrosa on Tuesday afternoon

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With a fanfare by the brass ensemble of the Gibraltar Royal Regimental Band, the festive Eucharist to mark the 25 years of the new Church of England Diocese in Europe, began, with a full cathedral gathered to mark the occasion

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has sent a message to church leaders in Pakistan and India following the earthquake in the region. In his letter Dr Williams speaks of his distress on hearing of the devastation and assures them of prayers as they tackle the work of rescue and recovery.

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The Anglican and Old Catholic Bishops in mainland Europe, during our Conference in Wislikhaven, Switzerland, 17-19 November 2004, have observed with great concern that, in a number of countries in central and western Europe, tensions have risen between the Islamic and non-Islamic populations, provoked by a number of acts of violence

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An inter-faith Internet forum has sprung up out of work at a conference held on the Abrahamic faiths last month at the American Cathedral in Paris. The bi-lingual conference featured lectures and workshops by experts on the traditions of peacemaking in all three religions.

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Statement from the Spanish Episcopal Reformed Church (Anglican Communion) on the terrorist attacks in Madrid on March 11. For the appalling terrorist acts that occurred in Madrid this morning causing a great number of deaths and injuries, we wish to express our strongest disgust.

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The Rt Revd Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop-in-charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, says that the situation of the four Anglican jurisdictions in Europe provides no model for parallel jurisdictions.

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The Convocation of American Churches in Europe is delighted to announce the release of Spanish-English and French-English editions of their bilingual prayer book, Selected Liturgies from the Book of Common Prayer.

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Just five days after suicide bombers attacked two synagogues in Istanbul, killing 25 people and injuring hundreds, at least 26 people have been killed today and more than 400 injured in two bomb attacks on the British Consulate and offices of HSBC, one of the largest British banks.

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The programme will include various conferences on the current situation of migrants and refugees in the world and will focus on existing pastoral challenges, the Church’s vision on human mobility, its mission in a multicultural or intercultural society and ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue.

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We, the 25 participants of the Ancient Oriental, Anglican, Baptist, Evangelical, Lutheran, Orthodox, Reformed and Roman Catholic traditions of Eastern Europe have just completed an eight-day "School for Mission: Preaching the Gospel in Eastern Europe".

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I would first of all wish to say that we rejoice in Archbishop Williams' visit to Rome and to the Holy See in his capacity as Archbishop of Canterbury.

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 It is a great pleasure to welcome you here on this your first visit to the Apostolic See as Archbishop of Canterbury.

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It gives me the greatest pleasure to greet you on this my first visit to the See of Peter. Since the visit of my predecessor Dr Geoffrey Fisher in 1960, each Archbishop of Canterbury has been welcome here, and has found an awareness of fellowship and Christian love.

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This is Dr Williams' first visit to the Holy Father since he was enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury in February earlier this year.

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In an effort to forge closer links with the Roman Catholic Church, the Most Revd Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and president of the Anglican Communion, began a three-day visit to Rome yesterday

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After a series of attacks on mosques and synagogues in France and Belgium in 2002, the Rt Revd Pierre W. Whalon, Bishop in charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe, launched an appeal for funds for a Houses of Worship Restoration Fund.

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Canon Alan Woods, Chancellor and Senior Chaplain of the Pro-Cathedral of St Paul Valletta is to be the new Dean of Gibraltar, it was announced yesterday, Trinity Sunday, in Gibraltar Cathedral.

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An international jury of Christian film critics have given an award to one of the films shown at Cannes this year, and have held an ecumenical service in an Anglican Church in Cannes to celebrate the potential contribution of film to human and spiritual values.

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The internationally acclaimed Alpha Course will be screened on Sky Digital at 20:30 on Friday evenings from 7 February 2003. According to statistics compiled by the Christian Research Organisation, more than 1.3 million people in the UK have already completed the Alpha Course. Now satellite TV viewers will be able to watch it on the GOD Channel (Sky 671).

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The Old Catholic Bishop of Switzerland, the Rt Revd Fritz-René Muller, last weekend celebrated an Anglican Communion service, in English, at a Church of England altar. He also addressed the Anglican Swiss Archdeaconry Synod. It was the first time this had happened in Switzerland, although con-celebrations have been held in other countries.

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A stained glass window inspired by Jesus' Great Commission has been dedicated at Holy Trinity Brussels as part of the pro-Cathedral's centenary celebrations and as a reminder of its mission statement "to bring Brussels to Christ."

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From 24 November to 2 December 2003, the Anglican Centre in Rome is holding a consultation for people who are interested and involved in clergy in-service training and support. The usual name for that in the UK is 'Continuing Ministry Education' (CME), but the same process goes on under many different titles in the Anglican Dioceses around the world.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, and the Governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome are pleased to announce the appointment of the Rt Revd John Flack, Bishop of Huntingdon, as Director of the Centre and the Archbishop's Representative to the Holy See. Bishop Flack will succeed the Rt Revd Richard Garrard who will retire at the end of April 2003.

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