Anglican Journal

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A letter to Anglicans from the primate

Anglican Archbishop Michael Peers, centre, and other Canadian church leaders, including former Lutheran National Bishop Telmor Sartison, right, speak with European peace monitors in Hebron

Homosexuality a divine plan?

Dear editor, In his letter to the March Anglican Journal Rev. M. J. J. Collier asks, “How can any church attempt to bless that which

Web site service aids job hunters

London In a move to assist the Anglican Communion with clergy placement, the Web site Anglicans Online (http://anglicansonline.org), has launched a Vacancies Centre to publish

Palestinian state

New York (ENI)-A coalition of U.S. churches and church groups is hailing a recent United Nations resolution that calls for the creation of a Palestinian

Peers pleads for peace and justice

Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey joins pilgrims for the annual Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. New York Calling on Canadian Anglicans to remember their connection

Clerics write letter

New York (ENS)-Frank Griswold, Presiding Bishop of the U.S. Episcopal Church, has joined Presbyterian and Lutheran counterparts in writing to church leaders caught in turmoil

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

Marga Buhrig

Marga Buhrig, a former president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and one of Switzerland’s pioneering feminist theologians, died in February. She was 86.

Calendar

Ecumenical gathering Vancouver School of Theology will host an ecumenical gathering called An Interfaith Meditation Conference, June 14-16. The gathering will feature teachers from five

Traveller’s Notebook

THE opening procession for the inaugural service of the 93rd synod of the Episcopalian Church in Cuba was led off by the dean’s dog, Puchurro.

Celebrations mark anniversary of women priests

Parishes and dioceses across the country celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Anglican church’s ordination of women late last year, with special services, festive meals,

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