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
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 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
Last year’s two direct mail appeals for donations to the Anglican Journal have met with unprecedented success. Readers responded to appeals in June and September
Michael Peers A FEW WEEKS ago some works of art were stolen from a provincial legislature, and a local radio show interviewed the legislature’s curator
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
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,
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 –
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
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-
London Canon Glyn Jones, 65, has retired as secretary general of The Mission to Seafarers after 11 years in the position. Mission to Seafarers maintains