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Anglicans host China meeting

Rev. Cao Shengjie, president of the China Christian Council, gestures during a recent international panel discussion at Church House. The Anglican church’s national office in

Churches meet bankers

Geneva In an unprecedented move, the World Council of Churches (WCC) invited officials of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank to its

Indian church doors open

New Delhi Christian institutions in India have opened their buildings to the homeless as a bitter cold wave has claimed more than 1,000 lives this

Priest quits after admitting misconduct

Bishop Barry Jenks of the diocese of British Columbia has accepted the resignation of Canon David McKay following an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.

Kairos director bows out after two-year term

Patricia Steenberg Executive director Patricia Steenberg of Kairos: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives has decided not to renew her term. Her resignation is effective Aug. 31,

Gaza church bombed

Gaza St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, which is located within the Ahli Arab Hospital compound in Gaza, was hit on Jan. 24 by an Israeli missile.

Cuban bishop retires before synod

The Canadian primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, Bishop Julio Holguin of the Dominican Republic, and Archbisop Drexel Gomez of the Province of the West Indies form

Churches celebrate unity week

Anglicans around the world celebrated the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Jan. 18-25, in a variety of colourful ways. In the U.S., two teams

Church groups rally against racism

Lewiston, Me. Members of church groups in several Maine towns staged rallies recently to celebrate religious and ethnic diversity in opposition to a white-supremacist rally.

Marriage arguments

The Interfaith Coalition on Marriage and Family has filed written legal arguments in the Ontario Court of Appeal in a case to decide whether limiting

Musicians to unite

Hans Behrmann, a brass player from Kenora, Ont., has put out a call to Anglican musicians to form a nation-wide support group. Mr. Behrmann said

Algoma debates sexuality

(clockwise, from top left) Algoma synod members: Mel Malton, lay member, All Saints, Huntsville, Ont; Rev. Richard White, incumbent of Algoma’s Northern Lights parish; Bishop

Defending doctrine needs no cannons

Dear editor, The last time I looked, God did not require the services of an Anglican priest in order to confer his blessing upon a

Priest injured in rectory fire

Parish warden Walter Naugle (left) examines the damaged rectory with Rev. Art Nash. Rev. David Garrett suffered smoke inhalation in the fire. A priest in

Churches begin dialogue

Washington Three estranged American churches – the Reformed Episcopal Church, the Anglican Province of America and the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) –

AIDS program nets funding

Geneva The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has for the first time allocated a grant to a non-governmental organization by presenting $485,000

Churches host shuttle mourners

Episcopalian churches in the north central area of the diocese of Texas, with two of the dead astronauts and many staff of the space program

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