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Barranquilla Bishop Armando Roman Guerra, of the Anglican Church of Guatemala, said that an attempt to bring former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt to trial in

Barranquilla Bishop Armando Roman Guerra, of the Anglican Church of Guatemala, said that an attempt to bring former Guatemalan dictator Rios Montt to trial in

London The Church of England could permit divorcees to remarry in church as early as next year after a consultation with church representatives from eight

Eric Beresford IT MAY BE inevitable that the beginning of the World Council of Churches’ Decade to Overcome Violence should be marked by the question

Bishop of Caledonia, John Hannen Bishop John Hannen has resigned as Bishop of Caledonia to pursue parish ministry at St. Barnabas in Victoria and work

New York Episcopal Bishop Christopher Epting of Iowa has been appointed deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Episcopal Church in the United States.

Jerusalem Violence on the West Bank and Gaza is putting the health of Palestinians at risk and creating extra pressure for the two hospitals run

Berlin The World Council of Church has launched a Decade to Overcome Violence in the shadow of controversy over whether violence to end violence and

New Delhi The Church of Pakistan has ordained two women deacons, despite civil court action by another church which believes that the Bible bans women

Moscow The Salvation Army in Moscow began the year in what the head of the Christian group’s Russian operations, Kenneth Baillie, has called a “legal

Rev. Boyd greets a parishioner after church Toronto REV. MICHAEL Boyd was sitting at his dining room table on a bright, sunny September day in

Canadian Anglican priest Robert Assaly (right) speaks to an Israeli soldier A CANADIAN Anglican priest has returned from a fact-finding visit to the Middle East

Geneva An international alliance of church groups has been formed to promote justice and peace issues. The alliance, launched in Geneva, was inspired by the

IT IS A paradox of a diocese in some ways – generous but poor, fearful but optimistic, theologically conservative but tolerant. Saskatchewan may be among

Michael Peers AT THE moment of writing I am living in the afterglow of one of the too infrequent joys of our mobile society –

London Canon David Meara, of St. Bride’s Church in London is creating an Internet shrine to journalists killed, maimed, or imprisoned throughout Europe. The church,

London A British newspaper is challenging the rule that a British monarch cannot be a Roman Catholic or marry one, saying that this infringes on

Saint Saul A Skeleton Key to the Historical Jesus Donald Harman Akenson 346 pages, hardcover, $32.95 McGill – Queen’s University Press 0773520 9025 The author

Terry Brown is the Anglican bishop of Malaita and a former mission coordinator for Asia and the Pacific with General Synod. Malaita is one of

The news footage was horrifying: Innu children standing like trees in a forest, oblivious to the cold, holding green plastic bags filled with gasoline to

DIRECTOR Lasse Hallstrom has followed up last year’s success of The Cider House Rules with an adaptation of Joanne Harris’s novel Chocolat. With an all-