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Churches oppose patent

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

Axe falls at World Council of Churches

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 –

Youth termed first priority

Jane Armstrong of Environics presents CoGS with survey results. Mississauga, Ont. An Environics poll of national church members shows that people want church leadership to

Correction and apology

Errors in the transcribing and editing of a column by Archbishop David Crawley on page 6 of the November Anglican Journal resulted in a misstatement

May God grant us sanity to rebuild a centre

For more than 400 years the genius of Anglicanism has been its redemptive ability to live with diversities of theology and liturgical practice. Finding its

Priest suspended

Canon David McKay, rector of St. Mary?s church, Oak Bay, B.C. has been suspended from priestly duty while a diocesan investigation team looks into charges

Beauty pageant condemned

Jos, Nigeria Religious leaders in Nigeria have condemned the Miss World beauty pageant, scheduled to be held this month in Abuja, Nigeria, as degrading to

Family histories in a shoebox

"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,

Primate speaking at B.C. mission conference

The primate, Archbishop Michael Peers, will be theme speaker at the diocese of British Columbia’s ninth annual mission conference, Jan. 31-Feb. 1, 2003, at St.

Ingham to delay same-sex blessings

Mississauga, Ont. Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster says that he will delay same-sex blessings in his diocese ?as a gesture of goodwill? toward eight

70 refugees assisted

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,

Archdeacon gets degree

Thorneloe University in Sudbury, Ont. has awarded an honorary doctorate of theology to Archdeacon Mark Conliffe, who has served the diocese of Algoma for many

Moments from a trip to Africa

The major airport in Uganda is at Entebbe, half an hour from the capital, Kampala. Driving along the highway to the city, I?m struck by

Working for peace

Johannesburg Representatives from seven major religions and 21 African countries have adopted a declaration, committing themselves to working for peace on the African continent. Among

Album begs question ‘Why?’

Most Christmas albums that are released in today?s secular market are more a case of marketing savvy than a statement of faith in the Incarnate

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