The blessing of civil marriages between same-sex couples can now take place in the Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
The newest Irish branch of the Mothers' Union is Celbridge, Straffan and Newcastle-Lyons in Dublin diocese and members will be enrolled June 15.
A night dedicated to Fun & Friendship was organised by Dublin & Glendalough Mothers' Union Young Members in Taney Parish Centre, Dublin.
The Rev. Frank Sierra helped a parishioner search for her two grandsons May 22, shortly after a deadly tornado struck around 6 p.m., slicing a six-mile long and one-half-mile wide path through Joplin in southwestern Missouri.
As Sudan's wanted President Omar al-Bashir said that he would not remove his Khartoum troops from the disputed oil-producing Abyei region, church and world leaders are insisting that advocacy for the war-torn south and for a lasting peace must continue.
Mercury Prize winners Elbow became the first rock band to play in St Paul's Cathedral.
Episcopalians in Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles held silent prayer vigils in protest of Israeli treatment of Palestinians on May 24, the day Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress about the peace process.
The popular composer Margaret Rizza has just completed a setting of the new text of the Roman Catholic mass which has been published by RSCM.
Participants at the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) have released a message expressing their unified experience of a week-long exploration of a just peace.
The Belfast Community Gospel Choir (BCGC), will present its second standalone concert 'Feel the Joy’ at the Spires Centre in Belfast. The concert, which takes place on 18 June 2011 and which celebrates joy and happiness, is a multicultural and multi faith event where all are welcome.
The Anglican - Roman Catholic International Commission has completed the first meeting of its new phase (ARCIC III) at the Monastery of Bose in northern Italy (May 17-27, 2011).
The Secretary reported that there were 842 members in 35 branches in the Diocese, with 4 million members in 81 countries worldwide.
Members of the Mothers Union have been in contact with the Malayalam speaking congregation of the Church of South India which has been established in Dublin.
Misconduct charges have been leveled against the Bishop of Newcastle (Australia) for his handling of the disciplinary proceedings against clergy found by the diocesan Professional Standards Board to have engaged in misconduct.
Pope Benedict XVI has evicted 20 Cistercian monks from a 500-year-old monastery in Rome on account of "financial and liturgical irregularities", a Vatican spokesman said yesterday.
The Anglican Alliance has received reports of civilians fleeing from the contested Abyei area in Sudan after Northern troops swept through the town over the weekend. Civilians, many of whom fled on foot, headed further south, towards towns which are also being deserted amidst fears of an imminent attack.
Understanding the root causes of global economic-related violence was on the agenda for the fourth day of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) being held in Kingston, Jamaica, 17-25 May 2011.
Fourteen-year old Gudiya Putul is not in Kingston, Jamaica attending the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC), but her name and history were brought to the attention of some IEPC participants on Saturday last during a workshop about economic injustice and human trafficking.
“As faithful disciples of the Lord of peace, we must constantly pursue and persistently proclaim alternative ways that reject violence and war. Human conflict may well be inevitable in our world; but war and violence are not.” Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew shared this message of peace at a Sunday ecumenical prayer service and celebration in Kingston, Jamaica, for the participants of the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC).
Choral Evensong is aired twice weekly - live at 4pm on Wednesday and repeated at 4pm Sunday. Choral Evensong was first broadcast on Thursday 7 October 1926 live from Westminster Abbey and has been broadcast weekly on BBC Radio ever since.
Pilgrims are flowing back to the traditional site of Jesus' baptism on the Jordan River as Israel removes 40-year-old land mines and improves the area, but barbed wire and armed soldiers testify to the area's tense past.
Peter Beck, dean of New Zealand's Christchurch Cathedral, says that congregation will not stray from its historic roots as it considers rebuilding from earthquake destruction, and that it will continue to be a thoroughly Anglican parish.
The Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCICIII) has completed the introductory part of the agenda for its first meeting. Members of the Commission are now spending two days in smaller groups, developing work plans for the various tasks given to it in its mandate.
A retired Roman Catholic bishop in Australia has claimed that some priests do not view the molestation of boys as a breach of their celibacy vows.
After losing his father, uncle and grandmother to violent and, in some cases, suspicious causes of death, Martin Luther King III still believes that that there is a higher and more noble way and that is to "dislike the evil act" but "still love the individual."
This is the first of a series of reports on the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) which commenced last Wednesday in Kingston, Jamaica, as theologians, faith leaders and the Prime Minister of Jamaica welcomed some 1,000 participants from more than 100 countries.
The Anglican Communion Network for Inter Faith Concerns (NIFCON) has this week launched an exciting and valuable new resource to assist Anglicans and other Christians in their engagement with people of other faiths.
The Anglican Alliance reached out across the Communion this week with a Facebook page for people to share views and expertise on development, relief and advocacy.
Jamaican national leaders welcomed a global churches' delegation on Monday 16 May 2011, in Kingston as the week-long International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) began. The venue is acknowledgement of the region's involvement in the Decade to Overcome Violence.
The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, yesterday expressed his concern and care for people affected by forest fires in Alberta and flooding in Manitoba.