Women pray during Sunday Mass at the Catholic Church inside the Protection of Civilians area in the United Nations base in Malakal, South Sudan. Some 35,000 people live in the camp, protected by UN peacekeeping troops (Photo: Paul Jeffrey/Life on Earth Pictures, 2017)

International

WCC to Sudan: “we lift you, your churches, your families, and communities up before our merciful and loving God”

In a pastoral letter to churches and ecumenical partners in Sudan, World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary The Rev’d Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay extended prayers for peace for the suffering of the people

International

Coronation Bible delivered to the Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury has received the specially commissioned King James Bible that will be presented to King Charles III during the Coronation on 6 May

International

+Sione Polynesia takes the lead

Anglicans from across the Pacific have joined in celebration to ordain and install The Most Rev’d Sione Uluilakepa as Bishop of Polynesia and welcome him as an Archbishop of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia

International

WCC provides resource to help people push for unimpeded access to Jerusalem during Easter celebrations

The World Council of Churches is providing resources – including a sample letter and ideas for distribution—that calls on the government of Israel and all governments worldwide to ensure unimpeded access to holy sites in the Jerusalem during upcoming Easter celebrations.

International

Embattled faithful in Kyiv vow to stay on

The depleted Anglican community in Kyiv has survived a year of full-scale war and is still attracting new members, a longstanding Ukrainian member of the congregation says