A unanimous decision by Brazil's Supreme Court May 5 to legally recognize the union of same-sex couples has been hailed by the primate of the Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil as "an important advance in our society ... in the concept of equality and citizenship."
As independence for South Sudan approaches on 9 July 2011, churches there are coordinating efforts to bring lasting peace to a region exhausted by a long civil war.
St. Jude's Episcopal Church in Wantagh, Long Island, USA, once experienced declining membership and dwindling resources, but today it is growing and reflects its local community, according to a press release from the Office of Public Affairs. The church is featured in the fourth of five videos in the "Transforming Churches, Changing the World" series produced by the Episcopal Church’s Office of Communication.
At least 78 people have been injured in another round of clashes between Christians and Muslims in Egypt over the weekend.
Suva’s Holy Trinity Cathedral played host on Sunday to the largest ordination service ever held in the Diocese of Polynesia.
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An Internet Safety Night has been organised for this Friday, 20th May 2011 at Ardess Parish Hall.
The Church of the Province of South East Asia has endorsed the Anglican Covenant, stating the pan-Anglican agreement was necessary for the church “to express our communion with the Triune God and with one another,” to guard the boundaries of the faith, and to be “faithful witnesses of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
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The schedule for the summer music festival in Calary, Co. Wicklow is as follows:
The Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem and Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, the Rt. Revd Suheil Dawani was denied the renewal of his "Temporary Residency Status" in Jerusalem, effective 24 September 2010.
The people who formulated Washington National Cathedral's new strategic plan, its dean says, had to wear at least three different hats; one to inspire vision, one to prompt attention to practicality and one to help recall the bottom line.
The Vatican has announced that it has relieved Australian bishop William Morris of his post, five years after he published a letter interpreted to indicate that he would be open to ordaining women and married men as priests if it were not prohibited by church rules.
The 41st Annual Summer School for those involved in Church Music Ministry will be held from Monday 5th – Friday 9th July 2010 at St. Patrick’s College Maynooth.
Christian and Muslim clashes in Egypt have left 12 people dead, 238 injured and two Coptic churches in Cairo burned, the state media reported.
Patriarch Kirill I of the Russian Orthodox Church and Rabbi Berl Lazar, the chief rabbi of Russia, speaking at separate ceremonies on May 8 and 9, urged Russians to heed the lessons of World War II.
Eleven members of the Church of Iran are awaiting a court's verdict after standing trial for charges of 'activities against the Order’ and drinking alcohol.
From its beginnings in 1980 as the Dublin International Organ & Choral Festival, Pipeworks has brought to Irish audiences a diverse programme of music-making with the organ at its centre.
This concert in the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on Friday 14 May at 7.30 pm, is the final concert for Belfast Philharmonic Choir with Christopher Bell as Chorus Master.
A Japanese church district leader has said that he wants to avoid a "tsunami of people," many of whom are well-intentioned volunteers, who want to visit the northeastern area devastated by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami.
The Gentleman of St. Patrick’s Cathedral Choir sang the St Patrick’s Setting by Mawby at the funeral of Father Michael Hurley in the Church of St. Francis Xavier in Dublin.
Some of the latest research on media in the lives of young people in the USA have major insights for parents, children and youth leaders.
Water of Life, a celebration in words and music has just been published by the Royal School of Church Music.
In the months leading up to the killing of Osama bin Laden, a survey of Muslim publics around the world found little support for the al-Qaida leader.
Since President Obama announced late Sunday night that U.S. forces had killed Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan, responses have come from religious groupings around the world, including the Vatican.
The founder of Teen Challenge and Times Square Church in New York City died in a head on collision in Texas last week. The Rev David Wilkerson, 79, was killed when the car he was driving went into the opposite lane and collided with an oncoming truck.
There are fears that the death of Osama bin Laden could incite Islamic militants to carry out revenge attacks on Christians in Pakistan.
In a spirit of repentance, the United Methodist Church is making good on a pledge to support a learning centre at the Western site of an 1864 massacre of Native Americans led by a Methodist minister.
The Salvation Army has dispatched emergency disaster personnel to southeastern USA where tornadoes have left at least 350 people dead.
