Anglican Journal

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Dictator shaken

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

Rules may be relaxed

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

Bishop resigns to pursue parish ministry

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

Fair balance sought

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 ‘disastrous’

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

Churches divided on just war

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

Pakistan church ordains two women deacons

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

Salvation Army in legal limbo

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

Life after the sky has fallen in

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

Churches unite to promote justice issues

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

Honour and love

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

Scribes’ shrine set up

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,

Books in Brief

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

Chocolat

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-

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