Geneva Faced with a predicted financial shortfall of more than six million Swiss francs ($6.44 million Cdn) in 2003, the World Council of Churches –
Algoma regular synod Jan. 22-23, moved up from usual May date to deal with agreement Arctic finance committee meeting planned within a couple of months
RCMP chaplain Rev. Allan Higgs with once-lost, 50-year-old Karsh photo. A once-lost photograph by master photographer Yousuf Karsh of Anglican chaplain William Cole blessing an
London Village churches in England remain at the heart of their communities, with some attracting as much as 40 per cent of the population on
The diocese of Masasi’s fish farm employs local women. The farm is one of many programs aimed at reducing malnutrition in the area. I began
Dear editor, The tone of some recent letters addressing the issue of communicating in churches of other denominations is distressing. Different and sometimes contradictory ways
Ottawa Canadian Council of Churches and the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada welcomed a Supreme Court decision Dec. 5 not to allow the patenting of higher
New York A committee that monitors the relationship between the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) and the Iglesia Anglicana de Mexico (IAM) has
The diocese of Fredericton’s synod, held in mid-November, voted to call an electoral synod for March 15, 2003 in order to elect a successor to
Of all the dioceses that have convened special synods meeting in January and February to consider General Synod’s agreement with the federal government on residential
ALMOST 60 years ago, a young priest, Bill Wright, having completed a two-year curacy at Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, was making his farewells to
London The Christian yearning for reconciliation can lead to damaging pressure on sex abuse victims to forgive their abusers, the churches of Britain and Ireland
Fulfilling his commitment to go ahead with a reconciliation process to bring eight dissident parishes back into the diocesan fold, Bishop Michael Ingham of New
Dolls Knitted dolls from Toronto in a manger scene … tiny figures in Amish dress bringing a basket of pretzels to the baby Jesus …
Steven Toope, a former chair of the Primate?s World Relief and Development Fund, has been appointed to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or
Harare Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has criticized international aid agencies for meddling in national politics and banned United Kingdom-based Save the Children from distributing food
"He has forgotten or never knew how to be a baby." Johannesburg “I wonder who would be interested in this set of silverware,” Mum said,
The total number of refugees sponsored since 1999 by parishes in the diocese of Niagara has reached 70, including 44 children. They came from Kosovo,
Mississauga, Ont. Council of General Synod passed a hold-the-line budget for 2003 but acknowledged that there might have to be decisions about program cuts early
Dear editor, I might be simplifying this a bit here but I thought I should just put in my two cents’ worth about the New