Church of England General Synod raises plight of refugees and migrants

Based on report from Us and on the Church of England website:Guest speaker Fr Malcolm Bradshaw, from the Anglican Chaplaincy in Athens (Diocese in Europe), spoke about the dangers facing refugees arriving in Greece by boat and the vital role the Church is playing in...

Voices of pilgrims on Cop 21 climate justice Pilgrimage to Paris

Elizabeth Perry is from Middle Woodford in Wiltshire, England, and works with the Anglican Alliance’s Agents of Change programme. She is walking the pilgrimage. I’m doing this because I want to ‘pray with my feet’, and be a part of the wider...

Taking the voices of climate change to COP21

Today I, along with 6 others, begin my pilgrimage by bicycle to the UN climate summit in Paris. The Anglican Alliance has been collecting voices from the Communion of those who live in fragile communities experiencing the realities of the changing climate. Voices from...

Webinar on forced displacement, trafficking and slavery in Central America

The webinar “Moments of Encounter: Central American Bishops Creating Alliances toward Human Rights” will take place at 11.00 in El Salvador (GMT minus 6 hours – ie. 17.00 in UK and 15.00 in Brazil). It will focus on the urgent need for victim...

Anglican partners in Latin America ‘galvanised for action’ on gender justice

At the first of a series of regional workshops of the Side by Side: Faith Movement for Gender Justice initiative, leaders representing Anglican Communion churches in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and...

Caribbean: Spotlight on disaster preparation following Tropical Storm Erika

In a phone call with the Anglican Alliance on 5 November, Bishop Leroy Brooks noted the need for better disaster preparation as climate change continues to leave an increasing mark. Weather patterns are shifting, he said, with severe effects on the economy and...