Carol J. Gallagher, suffragan bishop in Southern Virginia. New York The Episcopal diocese of Southern Virginia has elected the first female bishop in its history-and
I. Incarnation and Nativity It is no accident the cradle was a feed bin, not a child-safe, government-approved and downy nest. Perfection did not choose
New Westminster’s diocesan council has decided to set up a fund to help new parishes build and old parishes rebuild and to make initial grants
Janet Dench, 38, a parishioner of St. George’s Place du Canada, Montreal, has been elected president of the board of directors of the incorporated Primate’s
ADVENT AND Christmas this year will be different as a great cloud of unknowing covers the world. I recall the final verse of Canadian poet
Moscow One of the world’s oldest churches – the Armenian Apostolic Church – and one of its youngest states – the post-Soviet republic of Armenia,
A Nigerian soldier walks past a burned building in the regional capital of Kaduna, where riots between Christians and Muslims have claimed more than 1,000
At the diocese of New Westminster’s most recent synod, last June, Bishop Michael Ingham noted that the last few bishops in the diocese had been
Kanuga (ENI)-Keynote speakers from many parts of the world, and from two faiths, will share their theological viewpoints and international experience at a conference on
Bishop Ronald Ferris, of the diocese of Algoma, has appointed retired Bishop Edward Marsh as interim priest-in-charge of St. Brice’s church, North Bay, Ont. Bishop
London The Church of England is planning to sell a set of religious paintings that have hung in one of its grandest bishops’ palaces for
Canon Malcolm Wilson, a volunteer chaplain with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, recently returned from a week’s chaplaincy duty at the World Trade Center site
New bishops have been elected in the dioceses of Brandon and Caledonia, while in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, suffraga bishop Fred Hiltz was
Moscow (ENS)-Marking a shift in attitude to one more sympathetic with Americans, Orthodox churches have offered special prayers for victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist
Bishop Barry Jenks, of the diocese of British Columbia, traveled to Myanmar (formerly Burma) in early June to represent Archbishop Michael Peers at the installation
Archbishop Joseph Marona, of the Episcopalian church in Sudan. Archbishop of Sudan Joseph Marona says the civil war in his homeland has claimed more than
Bishop Anthony Burton has announced the appointment of Rev. Michael Hawkins as dean of the diocese of Saskatchewan and rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral, Prince
A U.S. C-17 cargo plane takes off from Germany for Afghanistan. Geneva An international network of church aid agencies criticized humanitarian airdrops linked to U.S.-led
Returned Volunteer in Mission Linda Campbell shown with students of St. Augustine English Medium Primary Schools in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, where she served as
Bahawalpur, Pakistan An emotional funeral was held in St. Dominic’s church here on Oct. 29 for 15 members of the Anglican Church of Pakistan massacred