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Churches lead Sri Lanka march

Bishop Duleep de Chickera urged the warring Sri Lankan government and Tamil Tigers to return to the negotiating table. New DelhiChurch leaders in Sri Lanka

Churches broach election

Bishops in the province of Ontario are wading into secular politics and have issued a pamphlet to help Anglicans ask questions of their local candidates

Churches meet despite safety concerns

Bulawayo, ZimbabweUndeterred by reports of political violence, more than 6,500 members of Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches from around the world assembled in mid-August

His blue heaven

A priest in the diocese of Edmonton has agreed to let the church’s Sunday school children dye his hair blue if they can match his

Fewer in New West pews

Average church attendance in the diocese of New Westminster is down again for the second time in as many years. The diocese reports that 8,167

Quebec crab fishers face grim future

Registered nurse Mary Spingle prepares for an evening service at St. Peter’s church in Old Fort Bay Blanc-Sablon, Que.Rev. Douglas Painter is cordial but grim.

Church Army moves

The Church Army in Canada has moved its national office to Saint John from Toronto. The move, which became official on Sept. 1, reunites the

Australian viceroy steps down

Australian governor-general Peter Hollingworth, formerly the Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, resigned May 25 amid criticism surrounding a rape claim and his handling of child sex

Kairos names new director

Corkery Kairos, the Toronto-based ecumenical organization devoted to social justice issues, announced that its board appointed Mary Corkery to the position of executive director, effective

Overnight’ success just took longer

Sometimes, it takes a lifetime to become an overnight success. That paradox is the odd lot in life of Cuba’s Ibrahim Ferrer. He was an

Police chaplain lauded by peers

A priest in the diocese of Algoma was recognized by his peers recently at an international conference of police chaplains. Rev. Michael Dunnill, a police

First youth synod

The diocese of Central Newfoundland held its first youth synod in May at Mint Brook Camp and Conference Centre. Motions included the creation of a

Irish churches growing

The Anglican and Presbyterian churches in the Republic of Ireland have recorded their first increases in support since at least 1881, according to a government

Few clean hands in these laundries

Nora-Jane Noone as Bernadette in Peter Mullan’s The Magdalene Sisters, a film about church-run laundries in Ireland. The Magdalene SistersDirector: Peter MullanOdeon FilmsStarring Geraldine McEwan,

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