June 1, 2003 Anglican-Muslim talks ignore war

The Archbishop of Canterbury was criticized for not meeting with military chaplains or troops in the Iraqi conflict even though he was holding theological dialogues with Muslims at Qatar where Allied Command was headquartered in...

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June 1, 2003 Bush, Blair banned

London Anti-war Christians in Bethlehem opposed to the invasion of Iraq said recently that U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be barred if they tried to visit the birthplace of...

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May 1, 2003 Iraqi anger

An Iraqi woman expresses her anger at the U.S. bombing of a residential area to Dave Havard, a deacon from the diocese of New Westminster. Mr. Havard travelled to Iraq in March to join a Christian Peacemakers team in...

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March 1, 2003 Gaza church bombed

Gaza St. Philip's Episcopal Church, which is located within the Ahli Arab Hospital compound in Gaza, was hit on Jan. 24 by an Israeli missile. "We are going to raise hell," Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal of the Anglican Church in...

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September 1, 2002 Williams opposes Iraq war

LondonArchbishop of Canterbury designate Rowan Williams, has given an early sign of robust political involvement by signing a statement against war on Iraq. The Christian Declaration, with nearly 3,000 names including...

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March 1, 2002 Leaders intervene in Middle East

A series of suicide bombings in Israel and deadly retaliatory attacks by Israeli troops against Palestinian communities at the beginning of the year prompted religious leaders to intensify their efforts to find a path toward...

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March 1, 2002 Appeal uses Internet

Lambeth, U.K. (ACNS)-Jerusalem 2000, the Archbishop of Canterbury's appeal for the work of the church in the Holy Land, has launched a new Web site to support its latest initiative. The appeal, which has a target of...

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February 1, 2002 Ramallah school shut down

New York Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal church, has written to Secretary of State Colin Powell complaining about the Israeli closing of an Episcopal school near Jerusalem. The Arab Evangelical...

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January 1, 2002 Israel refusing to accept Irineos

Jerusalem The Israeli government is refusing to recognize the authority of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of the Holy Land, more than three months after his election, on suspicion that he is pro-Palestinian. The refusal...

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December 1, 2001 Ateek proposes ecumenical state

Ottawa A prominent Palestinian theologian says that a good starting point to achieve peace in the Middle East would be for all sides to accept that the land is God's gift to all people - Palestinians as well as Israelis. ...

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