AIDS, Iraq focus of ACC resolutions.The Anglican Consultative Council The Anglican Consultative Council or ACC is one of the four "Instruments of Communion" of the Anglican Communion. It was created by a resolution of the 1968 Lambeth Conference. passed two resolutions opposing war against Iraq, reviewed Anglican programs on HIV/AIDS in Africa The HIV/AIDS epidemics spreading through the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa are highly varied. Although it is not correct to speak of a single African epidemic, Africa is without doubt the region most affected by the virus. and launched a revitalized Anglican Communion web portal. The anti-war resolutions expressed opposition to unilateral action by the United States against Iraq, and affirmed the position of the U.S. Episcopal church (ECUSA ECUSA Episcopal Church in the United States of America ). In June, ECUSA presiding bishop Frank Griswold spoke against action in Iraq. In September, he said such military action "would surely inflame the passions of millions, particularly in the Arab world, setting in motion cycles of violence and retaliation, further straining tenuous relationships that exist between United States and other nations." In other ACC See adaptive cruise control. developments: Archbishop John Paterson, primate of New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and Polynesia and bishop of Auckland was narrowly elected chair of the ACC. The other nominee was George Koshy of India, a lay person, who was ultimately elected vice-chair. A major expansion of the Anglican Communion Web site was announced. The new site. www.anglicancommunion.org will be an official Anglican web portal and a source for news, photos, information and education resources. It will have links to other official Anglican web sites around the world. Trinity Church, Wall Street, New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is funding the initiative for two years. In other measures, Canon Ted Karpf, who assists the Archbishop of Capetown in his ministry in the fight against HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , said in a presentation that "the whole Communion has woken up" to AIDS in Africa in the past year. He attributed this to the Anglican HIV-positive priest, Rev. Gideon Bymugisha, who has "traveled the world telling the Uganda story." Canon Karpf said an AIDS clinic has been established at the provincial office of the archbishop in Nigeria, to model the role of the church in the local community and to "correct local myths and profiteering prof·it·eer n. One who makes excessive profits on goods in short supply. intr.v. prof·it·eered, prof·it·eer·ing, prof·it·eers To make excessive profits on goods in short supply. ." The Church in Tanzania, Canon Karpf added, has endorsed the use of condoms against AIDS. AIDS prevention training is offered to Sunday school teachers in Ghana, and in South Africa the church has just completed planning in 22 dioceses with more than 1,000 people. Canon Karpf noted that famine throughout Africa is severely hampering efforts to fight HIV/AIDS. In his address to the ACC, Canon John Peterson, secretary general, said that he was "bitterly disappointed" at how slow the church has been to respond to AIDS. |
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