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Spiritual Direction

Date: Mon 11th - Fri 15th April
Venue: Waverley Abbey House, Farnham, Surrey
Description: The five-day course is designed to equip people to help other people know and experience more of God. It will enable the participant to help someone...

Divorce Recovery Workshop

Date: Fri 29nd - Mon 2nd May
Venue: Lee Abbey Devon
Description: If you experience divorce or separation or you feel that your relationship has broken down, this is an excellent secular course of workshops...

Exploring Jesus as a Journey of Spiritual Transformation

Date: Fri 22nd - Sun 24th April
Venue: Lee Abbey Devon
Description: Anne and Steve Hollinghurst. Anne is Bishop's Chaplain and Residentiary Canon at Manchester Cathedral...

Our Mission

Date: Tue 19th - Fri 22nd April
Venue: Lee Abbey Devon
Description: Howard Peskett, Acting Principal at Trinity Theological College in Bristol and former Research...

Lines Re-open for Viewing Pope John Paul

Police in Rome reopened the line to St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, giving pilgrims a final chance to pay their respects to Pope John Paul II before his funeral on Friday...

Persecution Watchdogs Protest Against Iran Pastor Trial

Christian Persecution watchdog groups are protesting the upcoming trial of an Iranian church leader of an Assemblies of God congregation in the southern port city of Bandar-i-Bushehr in Iran. The lay pastor, 47-year-old Hamid Pourmand...

World Vision Commences Emergency Relief in Nias, Indonesia

One of the largest Christian relief and development organisations in the world has commenced the distribution of emergency relief assistance to the people of Nias...

Statement by Evangelist Billy Graham on Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II was unquestionably the most influential voice for morality and peace in the world during the last 100 years. His extraordinary gifts, his strong Catholic faith, and his experience of human tyranny...

A Statement by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches

Pope John Paul II has been among the most outstanding personalities during these last decades, with an impact far beyond the Roman Catholic Church and the Christian community world-wide...

Statement by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams

Pope John Paul was a leader of manifest holiness and a faithful and prayerful friend of the Anglican Church...

Commemorating the Life & Legacy of John Paul II - the "Pope of Popes"

Christian leaders from all rungs of the theological spectrum honoured the passing of Pope John Paul II and called him a champion of the ecumenical movement, the protector of religious and moral rights...

Funeral for Pope John Paul II Set for Friday

Two days after the death of one of the longest-serving and most contentious figures in papal history, the Vatican set the funeral of Pope John Paul II for Friday, with burial in the grotto of St. Peter's Basilica...

Schiavo Autopsy Complete, Separate Funerals Planned by Family

The autopsy of Terri Schiavo has been completed and her body is ready for release to her husband, who plans to cremate her against the wishes of his in-laws...

Pope John Paul II Passes Away

Pope John Paul II, who served as the spiritual leader for the world’s 1 billion Roman Catholics for 26 years, died Saturday night at the age of 84. "The Holy Father died this evening at 9:37 p.m...

Pope John Paul II Dies - Millions of Catholics Worldwide Mourn

Romans Catholics around the world plunged into mourning Saturday after the death of Pope John Paul II. The 84-year-old pontiff died Saturday night at the Vatican after suffering heart failure...

Memorial Service Held by Terri Schiavo Supporters

Some 300 friends, family members and supporters of Terri Schiavo on Thursday gathered at a church in Pinellas Park, Florida, for a memorial service Thursday evening in honour of the disabled woman...