Maria Mackay

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• Sep 22, 2007

  Anglican Head: No Ultimatum for Episcopal Church

  If the Anglican Communion resolves its differences enough to avoid schism, "it will have done something for the entire Christian community,” the top leader of the Anglican Communion told reporters on Friday.

• Sep 21, 2007

  Evangelicals Back Urgent Call to Prayer for U.K.

  A senior leader of one of the United Kingdom’s largest Pentecostal churches has written to church leaders with an urgent call to prayer in the face of rampant secularism and consumerism in the nation.

• Sep 21, 2007

  Episcopal Bishops Keep Talks with Anglican Head Under Wraps

  Episcopal bishops meeting in New Orleans this week for highly publicized closed-door talks with the Anglican Communion’s spiritual leader remained tight-lipped on Thursday about the progress on key issues, including homosexuality.

• Sep 15, 2007

  European Churches Urged to Support Immigrants

  Delegates at the Third European Ecumenical Assembly (EEA3) concluded their weeklong gathering in Sibiu, Romania, last Sunday with a call to the churches of Europe to support immigrants and other ethnic minorities.

• Sep 15, 2007

  Anglicans, Catholics Reaffirm Commitment to Unity

  Anglicans and Roman Catholics have outlined the next step on the road to unity in a 44-page report entitled “Growing Together in Unity and Mission.”

• Sep 10, 2007

  Pope: Europe Faces Bleak Future Without God, More Children

  Pope Benedict XVI told thousands of Catholics on Saturday that Europe faces a bleak future unless more children are born on the continent and its people return to faith in God and traditional values.

• Sep 8, 2007

  Poll: 4 in 5 Britons Say U.K. in 'Moral Decline'

  A poll conducted for the British Broadcasting Corp.’s new The Big Questions show found that four in five people believe Britain is in moral decline.

• Sep 6, 2007

  British Approval of Human-Animal Hybrid Embryos Draws Fire

  Christians have voiced concern over the decision by British authorities to allow the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos.

• Sep 6, 2007

  Vatican Representative Tones Down 'One True Church' Statement

  The head of the Vatican's office for Christian unity has responded to concerns among Europe’s Protestant church leaders over the Vatican’s recent statement asserting that the Catholic Church is the only true church of Jesus Christ.

• Aug 30, 2007

  Kenya Archbishop Consecrates Conservative U.S. Anglican Leaders

  The Anglican archbishop of Kenya has consecrated two conservative U.S. priests as suffragan bishops to take over the pastoral care of congregations that have broken away from The Episcopal Church in the United States because of its pro-homosexual stance.