[ENS] Archbishops appeal to government, international community as Sudan approaches referendum / Vid

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>Episcopal News Service
>October 7, 2010

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>Today's Episcopal News Service includes:

* TOP STORY - Archbishops appeal to government, international
community as Sudan approaches referendum
* PEOPLE - Desmond Tutu retires from public life
* VIDEO - Archbishops address media on Sudan and the referendum
* DAYBOOK - October 8: Today in Scripture, Prayer, History
* EPISCOPAL BOOKS & RESOURCES PICK - "Ripe Fields - The Promise and
Challenge of Latino Ministry"

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>TOP STORIES

Archbishops appeal to government, international community as Sudan
approaches referendum

>By Matthew Davies

[Episcopal News Service, London] With fewer than 100 days to go before
southerners in Sudan vote on whether to remain a unified country or to
separate from the north, Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal
Church of Sudan is making every effort to ensure that the Jan. 9
referendum goes ahead as planned and that peace holds in the war-torn
country.

Deng and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who are appealing to
the international community to support the people of Sudan, briefed
media at Lambeth Palace on Oct. 7 ahead of a series of meetings with
officials in the U.K. Government's foreign office. The meetings are
intended to provide updates on the situation on the ground in Sudan
and to ensure that the U.K. Government plays a crucial role in
supporting the peace and stability of Africa's largest nation.

The archbishops explained that the critical issues related to the
referendum include delays in voter registration, tensions in the
border regions, and the future for some 4 million refugees from the
south who are currently living in the north.

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/79425_125022_ENG_HTM.htm

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>PEOPLE

>Desmond Tutu retires from public life

>By ENS staff

[Episcopal News Service] Human rights activist and Archbishop Emeritus
of Cape Town Desmond Tutu retired from public life Oct. 7, his 79th
birthday, to spend more time with family.

"I am exceedingly grateful for his prophetic witness, his ability to
call others to reconcile, and his gift for holding together both
delight in God's people and lament at the ways they (we) treat each
other," said Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori in a statement
to ENS. "His witness will continue to reverberate throughout the
world, and, I hope, the Anglican Communion. We give thanks and say,
'well done, good and faithful servant.'"

Full story: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_125025_ENG_HTM.htm

More People: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/81831_ENG_HTM.htm

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>VIDEO

Archbishops address media on Sudan and the referendum

[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and
Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of the Episcopal Church of Sudan address
the media Oct. 7 at Lambeth Palace about the situation on the ground
in Sudan and the critical issues related to the Jan. 9 referendum,
when southerners will vote on whether to remain a unified country or
to separate from the north. The media briefing was held in advance of
a series of meetings with officials in the U.K. Government's foreign
office.

>Video: http://bit.ly/9Dzm1a

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>DAYBOOK

>On October 8, 2010...

* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm

* Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer:

http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm

* Today in History: On October 8, 1882, Walter Russell Bowie, priest
and theologian, was born in Richmond, Virginia.

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