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
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.
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
Michael Peers WHEN I began writing these columns, my commitment was that they would not be a “state of the union” message or a platform
Brisbane The Anglican Church of Australia took up the subjects of women bishops, homosexuality, relations with Aboriginals and connections with the Lutheran and Uniting churches
The following are the results of elections at General Synod. This list does not include primatial appointments, which are pending and will be reported later.
Waterloo, Ont. DIOCESAN matrimonial commissions, which rule on applications by divorced people to remarry in the church, will become a thing of the past if
The dog days … or maybe dog moments of General Synod. An unidentified member takes a breather.
London (ACNS) The International Council of Christians and Jews has awarded Interfaith Gold Medallions to Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey, and his wife, Eileen. In
Four Americans are consecrated bishops in a rite denounced by ECUSA Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold. For the second time in 18 months, Anglican conservatives have
Waterloo, Ont. WHEN event organizer Heide Wilker heard the Three Cantors at her Lutheran Eastern Synod Assembly last summer, she had a vision. Mrs. Wilker,
Shara Golden of Fredericton gained in confidence as General Synod week wore on. Waterloo, Ont. SHARA Golden, a first-time member of General Synod, threw herself
Waterloo, Ont. EILEEN Scully laughed when she saw the headline of the advance General Synod story about the joint service to be held with the
York The Church of England’s General Synod, held July 6-10 at York, debated improving the health of the poor, the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, financial issues
Rev. James Townley-Smith was sentenced to 2 years in prison on each of three counts of indecent assault related to incidents involving boys at several
Waterloo, Ont. IT WAS a sweet moment – the human face of full communion. Lutheran pastor Hugh Farmer of Saskatoon stepped down from a bus
Dorothy Davies-Flindall elected Prolocutor of General Synod Waterloo, Ont. THREE-QUARTERS of members of the new Council of General Synod (COGS) will be serving in that
Reginald H. Soward, who earned the nickname “Mr. Anglican” for his years of involvement in leadership positions in the Anglican Church of Canada, left the
ECUSA bishop Steven Charleston Waterloo, Ont. THE Canadian Anglican church is not “teetering on the point of ruin, but standing on the threshold of glory.”
After the vote on full communion, both synods were presented with baskets of bread and two bottles of wine by one another’s partners to their