London (ACNS)-The London-based Church Mission Society said its missionaries left Pakistan and returned to their homes in Australia following the Sept. 11 attacks on the
Three Anglicans have been named to an eight-member joint commission that will oversee a new relationship between the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical
London More than half of female parish priests are afraid of personal violence as they carry out their duties, a survey of five Anglican dioceses
Brussels A Jesuit-owned chapel, constructed in 1908 and later abandoned, has been restored and re-opened as an ecumenical “Chapel for Europe” in Brussels in order
Rev. Eliza Linley has created a banner for the chapel of New York’s Episcopal Church Center in memory of Sept. 11.
A Port Sydney, Ont., teenager has been charged with setting a fire in July that destroyed Christ Church, the oldest The diocese of Ottawa is
London he Telegraph says that for the first time in the history of the Church of England, baptized Anglicans are a minority in the country.
Gladys Cook, a survivor of sexual abuse in a residential school, recently was honoured when the school building at the Agassiz Youth Centre in Portage
After years of failed attempts, French liturgies were approved by General Synod in July. The new French liturgies include the eucharist, baptism, marriage and funeral
The following is an edited version of a letter from Archbishop Michael Peers, the Primate, to Canadian Anglicans in the aftermath of the September terrorist
The devastating terrorist attacks in the United States Sept. 11 prompted messages from religious leaders around the world. Archbishop Michael Peers, the Canadian Anglican Primate,
Jerusalem The World Council of Churches has taken steps in support of Palestinian Christian families, which are emigrating from the Holy Land at the rate
Jerusalem Against the wishes of Israel, the Greek Orthodox Church has come under the leadership of a pro-Palestinian patriarch, Irineos I, a 62-year-old bishop. With
IN the 20th century Canada came into its own as a nation. In the 19th century it was, for many observers, an intimidating mass of
Chris Ambidge, shown standing, assisting Canon Art Lawson at General Synod, has occasionally fled services where incense is used. FOR people whose throats virtually close
Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo of the diocese of Central Tanganyika, Tanzania, is flanked by the first five women ever ordained deacons in the country. The ordinations,
SOME months ago at a family get-together an old friend asked me “Is it true what I hear about the death of the Anglican Church?”
Michael Peers LAST month I wrote about one somewhat-anticipated joy of General Synod 2001. That surprise was followed by another joy, this time utterly unanticipated.
New Delhi An amendment to the Indian Divorce Act approved by the lower house of India’s Parliament in August gives Christian women divorce rights equal
Father Gigeon Byamugisha of Uganda moved conference delegates to tears with descriptions of life as a priest infected with AIDS. Boksburg, South Africa A conference