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12/30/2008
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MIDDLE EAST: Patriarchs, heads of Jerusalem churches issue ecumenical statement on Gaza
The patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem on December 30 issued a statement expressing deep concern and regret about the situation in Gaza and calling for Sunday, January 4, to be observed as a day for justice and peace
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11/14/2008
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NCC/CWS addresses Christian unity, racial justice, immigration reform
Celebrating 100 years of ecumenical cooperation in the U.S., the National Council of Churches (NCC) and Church World Service (CWS) annual general assembly convened November 11-13 in Denver, Colorado, and the Episcopal Church's participation was highly visible.
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10/15/2008
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Muslim, Christian leaders take up global issues at high-level London meeting
A multi-national group of Christian and Muslim leaders, including the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Grand Mufti of Egypt, concluded a three-day meeting at Lambeth Palace October 15 with a firm recognition of the need for deeper understanding and mutual respect as they increasingly find themselves drawn together by globalization and interdependence.
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9/23/2008
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In Sweden, Presiding Bishop joins 50th anniversary celebrations of women's ordination
The [Lutheran] Church of Sweden welcomed Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori of the Episcopal Church to Stockholm and Uppsala September 22-23 to join the anniversary celebrations of its historic decision 50 years ago to ordain women to the priesthood.
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9/16/2008
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Presiding Bishop, other Episcopalians join interfaith call for justice in Gulf Coast
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and other Episcopalians are among 105 ecumenical and interfaith leaders who have signed on to a statement declaring that "the slow pace of recovery and the new needs caused by Ike and Gustav's destruction have created a moral crisis along the Gulf Coast that demands a powerful response from people of faith"
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8/15/2008
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Episcopal Church official joins call for 'interest section' in Tehran
Maureen Shea, director of the Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations, has joined an effort calling for the U.S. State Department to open an "interests section" in Tehran, Iran. Shea, Mary Ellen McNish, general secretary of the American Friends Service Committee and Ron Flaming, director of international programs for the Mennonite Central Committee, have sent a letter to President George Bush and presidential contenders senators John McCain and Barack Obama
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8/8/2008
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CHINA: As Beijing Olympics start, some Christian leaders are invited
Some Chinese Christians see their invitation to the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics as a new recognition of religion in officially atheist China, while others hope it means the world's most populous nation will learn to respect different global values
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7/28/2008
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Lambeth Conference: Interfaith collaboration a 'dialogue of life'
In Eastern Zambia, Muslim and Christian faith communities together have created an advocacy program for those living with HIV/AIDS.
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7/25/2008
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Ecumenical participants at Lambeth Conference bring shared voices, wisdom
Archbishop Boutros Nabil El-Sayah of the Maronite Catholic Church of Haifa and the Holy Land said he came to the 2008 Lambeth Conference expecting to be an ecumenical observer and discovered instead he was a participant.
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7/23/2008
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Cardinal to Lambeth: Be proactive, not reactive, in combating 'culture of death'
Papal envoy Cardinal Ivan Dias invoked the virtues of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as "the star of the new evangelization" and called upon bishops to be "proactive, and not merely reactive" in combating a secular "culture of death" during a July 22 address to the Lambeth Conference.
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7/22/2008
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Emergent evangelist challenges Lambeth Conference to speak to a new world
Anglicanism has "great, great advantages at this moment" in the world's history to help people become "authentic followers of Jesus Christ," evangelist Brian McLaren told a July 21 plenary session of the 2008 Lambeth Conference.
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7/18/2008
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AUSTRALIA: Pope speaks about church unity in Sydney
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7/16/2008
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Churches for Middle East Peace ask Secretary Rice's help for students in Gaza
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) has joined six other American organizations in sending a letter on July 15 to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asking that she urge Israel to permit hundreds of students in Gaza who have been admitted to foreign universities to exit the embattled area. The students are confined to Gaza because of Israel's closure policy
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7/11/2008
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Episcopal/Presbyterian dialogue moves on with General Assembly action
Participants in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) 218th General Assembly recently agreed to move forward in a dialogue with the Episcopal Church aimed at encouraging closer relationships between congregations of the two denominations.
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7/8/2008
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Strong ecumenical presence set for Lambeth Conference
A strong ecumenical presence is planned at the 2008 Lambeth Conference, where Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams will welcome more than 75 representatives from a wide variety of churches and Christian communities.
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6/5/2008
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Sudan needs prayer and action, Episcopal, Lutheran presiding bishops urge in joint statement
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Presiding Bishop Mark S. Hanson have issued a joint statement calling for prayer and action for the people of Sudan following a new wave of violence in Abyei that
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6/2/2008
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Methodists, Episcopalians celebrate historic Eucharist at Bruton Parish
A recent day-long joint clergy conference for United Methodist and Episcopal clergy culminated with a joint celebration of Holy Eucharist at Bruton Parish in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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5/6/2008
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Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Benedict discuss ecumenical, Muslim-Christian relations
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI held a private meeting with Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams at the Vatican May 5 to discuss ecumenical and Muslim-Christian relations.
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4/19/2008
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At ecumenical service, Pope Benedict XVI calls for oneness of hope, faith and love among Christians
National and local leaders of the Episcopal Church were among the invited guests at an ecumenical prayer service on April 18 with Pope Benedict XVI at Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church on New York's Upper East Side. The parish, founded in 1873, grew out of the German-speaking community of Yorkville
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3/10/2008
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ENGLAND: Archbishop of Canterbury gets praise from Nigerian Islamic leader
Mauled by the media for suggesting aspects of Sharia Law should be incorporated into the British legal system, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has become something of a hero -- even a Christian legend -- in Muslim-dominated northern Nigeria.
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3/9/2008
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NCC expresses sorrow at Jerusalem shootings
The National Council of Churches (NCC) general secretary and representatives of member communions have expressed shock and sorrow at the March 6 shootings at the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva, a Jewish religious seminary in Jerusalem.
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3/7/2008
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National Muslim-Christian Initiative in North America launched
Representatives of several Muslim organizations and Christian denominations launched a National Muslim-Christian Initiative in North America at a meeting this week near Washington, D.C.
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3/2/2008
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Gaza crisis must be resolved, Christian leaders urge Condoleezza Rice
Churches for Middle East Peace (CMEP) has written to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ahead of her March 3-5 trip to the Middle East, asking that she "take urgent action to address the still unresolved Gaza crisis
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2/21/2008
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EUROPE: WCC urges peaceful resolution to Kenya, Pakistan, Gaza conflicts
While expressing cautious hope that the worst of the violence is over in Kenya, the World Council of Churches (WCC) has urged churches there to set aside partisanship and to promote a culture of dialogue that will help resolve long-standing tribal conflicts.
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2/20/2008
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WCC's Kobia will not seek second term as general secretary
The general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Rev. Samuel Kobia, has announced that he will not seek a second term at the head of the world's biggest Christian grouping. "Kobia made his intentions known…stating personal reasons for his decision not to seek a second term," the WCC announced on February 18 after almost nine hours of deliberations behind closed doors by its main governing body, the central committee
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2/9/2008
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UNITED KINGDOM: Lambeth Palace clarifies archbishop's Sharia comments
Following a strong reaction in the media and elsewhere to the Archbishop of Canterbury's remarks indicating that certain aspects of Islamic Sharia law should be introduced into the British legal system, Lambeth Palace issued a statement February 8 saying that Dr. Rowan Williams made no such proposals.
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2/8/2008
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EUROPE: Aged 60, World Council of Churches will meet to discuss 21st century challenges
The main governing body of the World Council of Churches, its central committee, is meeting in Geneva from February 13-20 during which it will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the 1948 founding of what is now the world's largest Christian grouping
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2/8/2008
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UNITED KINGDOM: Archbishop of Canterbury's Sharia comments stir furious response
A suggestion by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams that certain aspects of Islamic Sharia law be incorporated into the British legal system has triggered a political fury and a heated debate on religious tolerance
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2/7/2008
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UNITED KINGDOM: Law needs to accommodate religious legal codes such as 'Sharia,' Canterbury says
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, has said that U.K. law needs to continue to find accommodation with religious legal codes such as the Islamic system of Sharia if community cohesion and development are to be achieved
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2/1/2008
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Religious leaders back President's Israeli-Palestinian peace pledge
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori has joined other Christian, Jewish and Muslim religious leaders, including heads of more than 20 national organizations, in writing to President George W. Bush supporting his pledge to provide active U.S. leadership for Israeli-Palestinian peace in 2008.
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1/31/2008
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'Refugees are children of God,' Presiding Bishop, ELCA leader say in joint statement
Citing "staggering statistics about the global refugee crisis," Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori joined Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson in issuing a joint statement on January 30 calling attention to the plight of refugees.
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1/31/2008
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Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee urges local expressions of communion agreement
The 14-member Lutheran-Episcopal Coordinating Committee (LECC) recently met to learn about one of the most successful local partnerships under the Called to Common Mission (CCM) full-communion agreement
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1/23/2008
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EUROPE: Bishop hosts France Culture radio discussion on Week of Prayer, Iraqi Christians
Bishop Pierre Whalon of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe hosted a January 20 discussion on France Culture radio about the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity and the plight of Iraqi Christians.
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1/18/2008
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrates 100 years of ecumenical commitment
Christians around the world are observing an important ecumenical milestone this week as the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity celebrates 100 years of inspiring international events that recognize the importance of prayer and promote unity between different Christian traditions.
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1/15/2008
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Christian Churches Together focuses on poverty, evangelism during annual meeting
During its four-day annual meeting, Christian Churches Together in the USA (CCT) representatives of 43 participating churches and organizations continued to discern how to work together in confronting domestic poverty and promoting evangelism.
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1/11/2008
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IASCER Resolutions 2008
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1/11/2008
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IASCER Communiqué
Communiqué from IASCER 2008
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1/8/2008
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Joint Working Group on Catholicity and Globalization issues communiqué
Three Christian traditions that are in full communion with each other say in a communiqué from a recent meeting that their shared Eucharistic vision is an ethical one through which "our churches may seek to transform the dehumanizing effects of economic, social, and cultural globalization."
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1/8/2008
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BRITAIN: Muslim group angered at Rochester bishop's claim of 'no-go' areas
The Muslim Council of Britain has described as "alarming" a statement made by Rochester Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali that some parts of the country have become "no-go" areas for non-Muslims.
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1/3/2008
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Churches Uniting in Christ to gather in plenary meeting
Churches Uniting in Christ (CUIC), for the first time since its inauguration in January 2002, will gather delegates from its member communions January 11-14 in St. Louis, Missouri. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will be the chief celebrant at a January 14 Eucharist service.
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