London, Ont., cathedral open again following repairs
André Forget
June 23, 2017
After extensive repairs, the 185-year-old Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown London, Ont., is once again open for services.
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After extensive repairs, the 185-year-old Cathedral Church of St. Paul in downtown London, Ont., is once again open for services.
In the small village of Ruponda in southern Tanzania’s Lindi Region, Joyce Mtauka has become something of a legend.
The Rev. Linus Buriani is not the sort of person who draws a lot of attention to himself.
The Rev. Geoffrey Monjesa had been so close to retiring.
On Njia Panda Road in Dar es Salaam, our car lurches slowly from pothole to pothole, sloughing dirty water into the open gutters, trying to find purchase in the rutted mud of the road.
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