[Episcopal News Service] Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams has recorded a video message for World AIDS Day in which he talks about the part sexual violence plays in the spread of HIV, calling it "one of the most shameful facts of our day."

The "Lazarus effect" is a phrase coined by doctors and relief workers in Africa to describe what happens to AIDS patients after they start receiving antiretroviral medicines. On Sunday, churches around the world read from the Gospel of John and heard the story of Lazarus, in which Jesus raised his friend Lazarus from the dead, as part of Lazarus Sunday.

"The organization will not be funded beginning April 1," says Amy McMahon, CEO of Stop AIDS. "The documentation of an audit finding is the reason that the Ohio Department of Health has said Stop AIDS is not eligible for funding." McMahon says the audit dates back to shrinking resources in 2008 that raised a red flag to the state's accountants. She says the agency made the needed budget cuts to keep operating. "It's 2011 and here we are."

In his message for 2010 World AIDS Day, the Archbishop of Canterbury celebrates the good news that can be found in examples of local responses to HIV and the impact of global action reflected in the latest statistics.