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Archbishop Mullally’s sermon in Birzeit

Archbishop Sarah was making the first visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to St Peter’s Anglican Church in the Palestinian Christian town of Birzeit. She introduced her sermon by thanking the rector, Father Fadi Diab, and the congregation for their hospitality, recognising too the...

Sydney bishop reports on Ebola crisis from the Congo

Churches and aid groups are urgently mobilising as a vaccine-resistant strain of the viral hemorrhagic fever Ebola spreads across parts of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "The Anglican Archbishop has sent a pastoral letter to all dioceses asking Christians across the country...
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Archbishop Mullally’s sermon in Birzeit

Archbishop Sarah was making the first visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to St...

Sydney bishop reports on Ebola crisis from the Congo

Churches and aid groups are urgently mobilising as a vaccine-resistant strain of the viral...

Former Pittsburgh dean pleads guilty to petty theft

A former dean of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Pittsburgh has admitted in court to...