Jillian Abballe has joined the Anglican Communion Office at the United Nations as advocacy officer and head of the New York office. Abballe has extensive experience at the United Nations in New York and joins the Anglican Communion from a similar position with the World Council of Churches. Her appointment will support a new strategy for the work, under the leadership of … [Read more...] about U.N. Veteran Joins Anglican Office
human rights
Concerns for Pakistani Christians
Religious-freedom activists feel heightening concerns for Pakistan’s Christian minority. Recent months have shown a sharp upturn in persecution and an increasing numbers of blasphemy cases. Now Christians face another imposition after a ruling by Pakistan’s High Court that all citizens must declare their religion when applying for identity documents. Pakistan has strict laws … [Read more...] about Concerns for Pakistani Christians
Brothels Exploit Young Women
People who rent out holiday cottages in the U.K.’s famous Peak District should beware that short-term lets are being used by unscrupulous sex traffickers as “pop-up brothels,” the Bishop of Derby has warned. The Rt. Rev. Alastair Redfern said vulnerable young women, many of them from Eastern Europe, are being trafficked to the area as sex workers. Redfern who has been … [Read more...] about Brothels Exploit Young Women
‘A Second-Class Citizen’
Jeffrey Walton reports for Juicy Ecumenism: Anglican Archbishop Mouneer Anis was an Egyptian citizen like any other until soon after the Muslim Brotherhood took power in his home country of Egypt. A trained physician, Anis oversees a growing province of the Anglican Communion with hospitals, schools and numerous community centers serving Muslims and Christians alike. But for … [Read more...] about ‘A Second-Class Citizen’
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
Bishop Protects Civilians
The Diocese of Iowa reports briefly on the Diocese of Nzara, South Sudan, from a conversation between the Rev. H. Milton Cole and the Rt. Rev. Samuel Peni, Bishop of Nzara:The news from Nzara is not good. One result of the conflict between the Army and civilians is that civilians are very frightened. People living in rural parts of the diocese are coming into town seeking … [Read more...] about Bishop Protects Civilians
Global Briefs for Aug. 3
Worshipers Dwindling in Antarctica: For 57 consecutive Antarctic “summers” a visiting Protestant chaplain from the U.S. military and a Roman Catholic priest from Christchurch, New Zealand, have ministered between October and February. With decline in worshipers, however, the Diocese of Christchurch has announced it will no longer send a chaplain to the aptly named Chapel of the … [Read more...] about Global Briefs for Aug. 3
Traded as Merchandise
Adapted from Anglican Communion News ServiceThe Most Rev. Francisco de Assis da Silva, Primate of the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (the Episcopal Anglican Church in Brazil), has called for action to combat and prevent human trafficking.In a letter to the churches in his province, Archbishop da Silva says that human trafficking is “a human tragedy that only in the last … [Read more...] about Traded as Merchandise