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Impasse resolved

New York The 18-month-long impasse between a vestry in Accokeek, Md. and the diocese of Washington over the election of a rector opposed to the

Accidents plague gathering

Archbishop David Gitari, leader of the Anglican church in Kenya, escaped injury when the car he was in struck a police vehicle. Nairobi Anglican Archbishop

WCC seeking ways to cut expenditures

Geneva The World Council of Churches, the world?s biggest ecumenical organization, is to cut spending drastically in the face of severe financial problems. ?We are

Bishop resigns in protest

Geneva Lutheran Bishop Margot Kaessmann of Germany, one of the most prominent women in the World Council of Churches, has resigned from the ecumenical body?s

Synod planning starts

Although it may seem that General Synod 2001 was just yesterday, planning for General Synod 2004 has started, said General Secretary Jim Boyles. The General

RC prelate accused

Sydney (ENI)?The Roman Catholic Church in Australia has been thrown into crisis following sexual assault allegations against the country?s most powerful and controversial religious leader,

No point in obtaining Eucharist by deceit

Dear editor, Having read several times over the last month the letter from your Prague correspondent (Anglicans incognito, June 2002), I cannot dispel my initial

Finances force program cuts by WCC

Geneva In an emotional annual meeting Aug. 26 to Sept. 3, the World Council of Churches? central committee contended with differing view of ecumenical worship

Lutheran bishop back at work

Raymond Schultz, 62, national bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), was released from hospital in early September and allowed to resume limited

Study on donors

New York Americans who donate money to both religious and secular causes are more generous than those who give money only to secular institutions, a

Challenges of a new reality

Canadian interest in the appointment of Archbishop Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury is vested in his role as titular head of the Anglican Communion,

B.C. renews covenant

At a June synod, the diocese of British Columbia renewed its companionship covenant with the Church of the Province of Myanmar (formerly Burma), and received

New editor named

Canon John Caird has retired after 24 years as editor of the Rupert?s Land News. Mr. Caird began writing for the paper in 1978, became

Former mission coordinator elected bishop

Bishop-elect David Hamid LondonA former mission coordinator with the Anglican Church of Canada’s Partnership department has been appointed suffragan or assistant bishop of the diocese

Lutherans elect woman

Swift Current, Sask.The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) elected its first woman bishop at its Saskatchewan synod in July. Rev. Cynthia G. Halmarson, 47,

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