By Mark Michael The Anglican Diocese of Angola was formally inaugurated last week in Luanda, the national capital, by the Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. According to a report from Anglican Communion News Service, Makgoba also installed Andre Soares as diocesan bishop and laid the foundation stone of St. Andrew’s … [Read more...] about Anglican Diocese Launched in Angola
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Tribute to ‘Father of Jazz’
The Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba, archbishop of Cape Town, posted a tribute on his blog to Hugh Masekela — regarded as South Africa's "Father of Jazz" and composer of anti-apartheid songs — who died Jan. 23 at age 78. Makgoba also noted the Anglican Church's role in starting Masekela on his journey. He writes: On behalf of the Anglican Church, and on my own behalf, … [Read more...] about Tribute to ‘Father of Jazz’
Honor for Two Martins
Martin Luther is “one of the true fathers of democratic freedom,” the Archbishop of Cape Town told a massive outdoor congregation in Wittenberg, the German town where the Reformation began 500 years ago. “The histories of both of our countries — that of Germany in the Nazi era, and of South Africa in the apartheid era — are records of unspeakable cruelty,” said the Most Rev. … [Read more...] about Honor for Two Martins
Archbishop Sentamu’s Pilgrimage
The Archbishop of York has begun a six-month walking pilgrimage in the 21 deaneries of his diocese. The pilgrimage, spanning the church calendar from Advent to Trinity Sunday, began from Whitby, site of a famous monastery dating from 657.Archbishop John Sentamu will travel through the Archdeaconry of the East Riding and finish at York Minster on May 22. Archbishop Sentamu … [Read more...] about Archbishop Sentamu’s Pilgrimage
Global Briefs for Oct. 26
Bishop Treweek Joins the Lords: The Rt. Rev. Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester, was the Church of England’s first woman in the episcopate to join the House of Lords on Oct. 26. She becomes one of Parliament’s 26 Lords Spiritual. Media coverage concentrated on her recent remark that she speaks only of God rather than he or she.Cricket Diplomacy: The Vatican’s cricket won its … [Read more...] about Global Briefs for Oct. 26
Makgoba Cites Mining Dangers
By John MartinToo many South Africans are being “intimidated to silence,” and political leaders who joined in the “old” struggle against apartheid “now punish those who would speak out against their mismanagement of our country,” the Archbishop of Cape Town has declared.The Most Rev. Thabo Makgoba addressed a gathering of representatives of the South African mining sector, … [Read more...] about Makgoba Cites Mining Dangers
Abp. Makgoba at Sewanee
Via Archbishop Thabo Makgoba’s weblog:Commencement Convocation of the School of TheologyUniversity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.Archbishop Thabo MakgobaIsaiah 46:3-5; Psalm 27:5-11; Hebrews 10:19-24; John 4:23-26Graduates and your families, guests, fellow honoree Bishop Skirving, Bishop Howard, Bishop Alexander, Vice-Chancellor McCardell, sisters and brothers in Christ:Firstly, … [Read more...] about Abp. Makgoba at Sewanee
‘Enough Is Enough’
Adapted from a press release issued from DavosIn the wake of the latest Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria and the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, spoke out against the use of terror tactics masquerading as a religious obligation.Speaking during an interfaith panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, the … [Read more...] about ‘Enough Is Enough’