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Nigerian Anglican and Methodist Churches seek closer ties

The Nigerian Church and the Nigerian Methodist Church have agreed to establish a joint Anglican-Methodist committee, Nigerians guardian The newspaper reported on Sunday. The committee was inaugurated at a Eucharist ceremony at the Hoare Methodist Memorial Cathedral in Sabo-Yaba, Lagos, co-hosted by Nigerian Archbishop Henry Ndukuba and Nigerian Methodist Bishop Dr Samuel Uche. The newspaper quoted Archbishop Nduquba as saying: “The formation of the Anglican-Methodist Council will allow us to harness the great potential of both Churches to walk with the risen Lord Jesus Christ.”

Vatican restricts Nobel laureates

a Dutch newspaper, green amsterdam, last week published anonymous allegations of child sexual abuse by Bishop Carlos Felipe Siménez Bello, the former Apostolic Administrator of East Timor (East Timor), who lives in Portugal. In 1996, Bishop Bello received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor, as East Timor struggled to gain independence from Indonesia. green The allegations against Bishop Bello first surfaced in 2002, the report said. Matteo Bruni, the head of the Vatican’s press office, said last week that the Doctrine of the Doctrine imposed “certain disciplinary restrictions” on Bishop Bello in September 2020. It received allegations about his “conduct”. Mr Bruni continued: “These include restrictions on his movement and the exercise of his ministry, a ban on voluntary contact with minors, a ban on interviews and contact with East Timor.” Activists for victims of abuse have called on Pope Francis to authorize a formal investigation.

Wisconsin church pays ‘tax’ to indigenous tribes

Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Madison, Wisconsin, will pay a “voluntary tax” of $3,000 to the city’s Native American tribes on its property, according to the Episcopal News Service. Principal Rev. Miranda Hassett referred the money to the Wisconsin Intertribal Reparations Commission, which represents 11 tribes officially recognized by the federal government. “This land used to be someone else’s home,” Ms Hassett told ENS.

Hostility to Christians is on the rise, bishop says

The Vatican’s resident observer to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE), Mgr. Janusz Urbanczyk, told the Human Dimension conference in Warsaw last week that hostility towards Christians is on the rise around the world. “The challenge of intolerance and discrimination against Christians is growing because of the growing hostile atmosphere against Christians,” he said. Ms. Urbanczyk went on to say that even in countries where Christians are the dominant religious group, Christians have also been targeted.