Anglican Communion News Service

The tiny Anglican Diocese of Peru has been feeding up to 6,000 people a day since a massive earthquake hit the region last week, claiming more than 500 lives. Working alongside government and aid agencies, the diocese has set up soup kitchens and community help centres, as well as distributing vital supplies, such as medicine and blankets.

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The Latin American Council of Churches, known under its Spanish acronym CLAI, has elected Panamanian Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop Julio Murray as its first black president in a tightly contested election.

‘This is a new day for CLAI,’ the 48 year-old Bishop Murray told Ecumenical News International after his election. ‘Son of the world, man of God, man of Panama. You are going to find a new direction here.’

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We, the Latin-American and Caribbean bishops, gathered in the context of the Anglican Theological Conference, proclaim our solidarity and make public our desire for unity in Christ who invites us to participate and seek for the perfect unity in our Lord, Jesus Christ

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I am deeply disappointed by your letter in which you recognised and take under your supervision the deposed bishop and a group of deposed clergy that once belonged to the Diocese of Recife. I am saddened by this attitude, which was taken after we had several opportunities, personally and by telephone, to explain you the truth about this matter

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To The Bishop and Clergy of Recife, Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ from the Province of the Southern Cone of America. For His own purposes, Jesus Christ, the Lord of the Church, has called us into the Anglican Communion in this time of uncertainty and conflict.

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The recent unilateral actions of the Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) in consecrating a bishop who is sexually active outside marriage, and the recognition of same-sex blessings have created a deeply painful and divisive situation and has devastated our Christian witness

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An innovative program called VIA, which is beginning to be known in the Spanish-speaking world, suggests there is more to incorporating people into the church than simply regular attendance.

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On Saturday 12 October at a special service during the Diocesan Synod, Bishop Venables was enthroned as the next Diocesan Bishop for the Diocese of Argentina.

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This September and October the pioneer Spanish portal website www.anglicanos.net sees two celebrations with the weekly seedthought number 100 'sown' and the imminent fourth anniversary of its launch in 1998.

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The Right Reverend Gregory Venables was elected and installed as the fourth presiding bishop of the seven dioceses that form the Province of the Southern Cone of America of the Anglican Communion on November 7.  

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"I strongly believe that the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil and the Episcopal Church of the United States are instruments for one another's salvation," said Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold to the congregation gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Porto Alegre, Brazil on the feast day of St Benedict. Griswold and his wife,

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Francisco José Duque Gómez was consecrated bishop coadjutor of the Diocese of Colombia at St. Alban's Church, Bogotá on July 14, 2001. Duque, a member of the Episcopal Church's Executive Council, is the first Colombian "cradle Episcopalian" to be elected to lead the diocese, and its fourth bishop. He was elected on February 2, 2001 by unanimous vote in both the lay and clergy orders.

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A reunion week was held in July 2000 for graduates of the Anglican Cathedral College in Belize, which was formed by the amalgamation in 1982 of St Hilda's College and St Michael's College. The theme of the reunion was "Remember, Commit, Give."

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We have up-dated the El Salvador web-site at: http://www.episcopalian.org/elsalvador/index.htm

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We, the members of the Ecumenical Committee, representing about 20 Catholic communities and Protestant denominations from the US, Canada, and Europe, write this letter in the hope of sharing not only information about what is taking place in Nicaragua following the natural disaster caused by Hurricane Mitch but also our concerns about how governments, churches, non-governmental organizations, and relief agencies respond to this crisis.

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On Tuesday November 3, the Nicaraguan government released the seven cargo containers that had been impounded for 3-4 months. This gave the Quest/Institute of John XXIII 140 tons of relief supplies including 25 tons of rice, 20,000 pairs of shoes and 50 tons of clothing. Also $10,000 in Quest emergency funds enabled the Institute to purchase 25 tons of beans, plus stocks of sugar, cooking oil, plastic sheeting, and other critical products in Managua.

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(ALC) The Revd Miguel Tamayo Saldivar has been inducted as the new Anglican Bishop of Uruguay yesterday in the Holy Trinity Metropolitan Cathedral in Montevideo.

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(ALC)In an unprecedented act in the country's religious history, Ecuadorian Cardinal Bernardino Echeverria offered a sermon in the Anglican Church's El Salvador Cathedral.

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(ALC/ACNS ) Christians, Hindus and Muslims gathered at the National Park Stadium in Georgetown, Guyana's on Sunday 11 January for an interfaith service for peace and atonement.

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A leader from the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) has proposed creating a bridge of solidarity between North American Churches and Central American immigrants who could be expelled from the United States under the new immigration law.

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Further to the ACNS report in the mailing of November 1996 about the land rights campaign by the Wichi and Chorote Indians of the Northern Argentine Chaco, Bishop Patrick Harris, Bishop of Southwell and a former Bishop of Northern Argentina, sent this report update to ACNS.

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A Guatemalan Church leader is afraid that peace will mean an end to international support for justice and reconciliation in Guatemala.  "Once peace has been signed on a piece of paper, we'll be left alone," warned Miguel Palacios, an Anglican priest and long-time peace activist in the country.

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Yesterday, 6th November, 1996, was a memorable day in the history of Chile. The House of Deputies debated and passed a Bill establishing norms regulating the recognition and funtioning of churches, religious confessions and organizations in the country. There were 91 votes in favour, and none against.

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Following a peaceful protest by indigenous communities in Northern Argentina the Provincial government has agreed to sign an agreement to give the local communities the title deeds to their land.

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Indians in Argentina are taking a stand against the abuse of their rights with the support of the local Anglican Church.

The Wichi and Chotote Indians of the North Argentine Chaco are camping out for 20 days on the site of a bridge built on their land and without their permission. The 1000 Indians at the camp fear that the bridge is just the beginning of a project to build a dual carriageway across the land they have occupied for hundreds of years.

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