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East Timor grateful

Geneva (ENI)-As East Timor prepares to become independent this spring, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta – the territory’s foreign affairs minister – has paid

Australian church apologizes

Sydney Leaders of Australia’s Anglican Church have made a formal apology to victims of sexual abuse suffered at the hands of Anglican clergy, officers and

Church struggling with stem cell issues

Sydney The primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Archbishop Peter Carnley, has argued that a human embryo should not be regarded as a living

Demise of religion premature

WHEN Prof. Reginald Bibby read the results of his most-recent survey of religious trends in Canada, he couldn’t believe his eyes. He checked and re-checked

Sacred Circle

The diocese of Rupert’s Land will be hosting its first native sacred circle on June 22 at St. Peter’s Dynevor, north of Winnipeg. The theme

Woman named to head commission

Dame Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, new chair of group charged with picking the Archbishop of Canterbury short list, chats with students. London Britain’s senior woman judge has

VST annual income slashed

The British Columbia government’s recent cost-cutting campaign sliced nearly $250,000 from the annual income of Vancouver School of Theology (VST). Also affected are Regent College,

Zimbabwe bishop banned from visiting U.S.

Harare The Anglican bishop of Harare, Nolbert Kunonga, is now on a list of Zimbabweans banned from the United States. Bishop Kunonga joins more than

Huron raising funds

The diocese of Huron’s executive committee has approved the name Huron Graceworks for a fundraising campaign that is designed to meet the costs of residential

Rich are not always saviours of the poor

From left, a bakery worker, Archbishop Michael Peers and the late Bishop Sleiman Hajjar visiting bakery mission. AS CHRISTIANS we are accustomed to take bread

Bishops’ encounter termed ‘honest’

Houston Despite dire predictions of a confrontation over a range of sensitive issues in the Episcopal Church of the United States, the annual spring retreat

Fusion of faith, rock and love

Veteran Australian singer and songwriter Paul Kelly has a musical range from rage and dry wit to regret and tenderness. PLENTY OF music artists have

Contract not renewed

Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary of General Synod, has announced that Anthony Whittingham’s contract as communications consultant to General Synod will not be renewed. Mr.

Letters draw Jewish ire

Ottawa Angered by public comments made by Anglican primate Archbishop Michael Peers, and United Church moderator Marion Pardy in letters published in the National Post,

Carey to visit

Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey will be guest of honour at celebrations commemorating the 125th anniversary of Wycliffe College of the University of Toronto, in

ECUSA ordains first indigenous woman bishop

Lawrenceville, Va. (ENS)-The Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. on April 6 ordained Carol Joy Gallagher as suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Southern Virginia–the first

Canterbury friends

A group of Canadian Anglicans called The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral in Canada has launched an appeal to raise money to help Canadian Anglican theological

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