By Mark Michael Attackers shot and killed an elderly Church of Pakistan priest and wounded another while they were driving home from church on Sunday in Peshawar, a city near the Afghan border. The congregation they serve, All Saints Church, was itself the scene of a 2013 suicide bombing by Islamic extremists, one of the bloodiest attacks on Christians in recent … [Read more...] about Pakistani Priest Killed in Road Ambush
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Ande Elected Congolese Primate
By Mark Michael The Rt. Rev. Dr. Georges Titre Ande, a theology professor and senior bishop of the Province de L’Eglise Anglicane Du Congo was elected as the church’s fifth archbishop and primate by its General Synod, which met from 2 to 9 July. Ande, who has served for 15 years as Bishop of Aru in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s northeastern corner, will succeed … [Read more...] about Ande Elected Congolese Primate
70-Year-Old Missionary Shot & Wounded in Nigeria
By Mark Michael Armed invaders wounded the Rev. Canon James Adebayo Famonure, an Anglican mission pastor and schoolmaster and three members of his family on May 4, opening fire while they were praying together in the sitting room of their home in Ghana Ropp, Plateau State, in central Nigeria. The attack was the latest in a series of assaults attributed to Muslim Fulani … [Read more...] about 70-Year-Old Missionary Shot & Wounded in Nigeria
Congolese Archdeacon Murdered by Islamic Militants
By Mark Michael The Ven. Ngulongo Year Batsemire, archdeacon of the Anglican Diocese of Kivu-Nord, was killed on January 29 after refusing his attackers’ demand that he convert to Islam, according to a press release from the Barnabas Fund, an anti-persecution advocacy group. The sixty-year old priest was walking outdoors with his wife near his home in Eringeti, on the … [Read more...] about Congolese Archdeacon Murdered by Islamic Militants
New Primate for Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East
By Mark Michael The Rt. Rev. Michael Lewis became President Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East on November 17. Lewis, who has served as Bishop of Cyprus and the Gulf for the past twelve years, succeeds Archbishop Suheil Dawani of Jerusalem in this primatial role. Lewis, who will continue his diocesan ministry, will serve a term of … [Read more...] about New Primate for Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East
Guilt and Persecution
The United Kingdom is beset by a post-colonial guilt that makes it likely to ignore pleas for help from Christians around the world who are persecuted for their faith, the Bishop of Truro has said. The Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen believes that while people of many faiths are persecuted, Christians are more likely than others to be victims. Pew Center statistics gathered … [Read more...] about Guilt and Persecution
Bishop Curry Responds to Sri Lankan Attacks
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry issued this statement on April 22 about multiple bombings in Sri Lanka: The joy of Easter was mixed with grief following the dreadful attacks that morning on churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, bombings that left hundreds dead and wounded. Our hearts ache for the all those who mourn this week, and as Episcopalians join with countless persons of good … [Read more...] about Bishop Curry Responds to Sri Lankan Attacks
The Russian Church in Transition and Reflection
The Moscow Council (1917-1918) The Creation of the Conciliar Institutions of the Russian Orthodox Church By Hyacinthe Destivelle, OP University of Notre Dame Press. Pp. xiv + 472. $36 The Way Religious Thinkers of the Russian Emigration in Paris and Their Journal, 1925-1940 By Antoine Arjakovsky University of Notre Dame Press. Pp. xiv + 766. $65 Review by … [Read more...] about The Russian Church in Transition and Reflection