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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

Council approves process for new strategy

Committee chair Monica Patten Mississauga, Ont. The Council of General Synod has authorized the launching of a fast-track process to produce a new financial strategy

Council of General Synod Highlights

Photo: Marites N. Sison The following news updates are taken from reports filed by Marites N. Sison from the first joint meeting of the Council

Nuns pray in Grotto

Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis in the city of Bethlehem has caused the cancellation of Christmas eve festivities. The high point, a concert of

Faithful mobilized

Kathmandu Representatives of 11 major faiths gathering in Nepal, have vowed to mobilize billions of believers to conserve the world’s natural resources. Representatives of the

A primer to power and grace

Colin LindenSad & Beautiful World 1975 – 1999Sony ONE OF this column’s perennial subjects in the past eight years has been the work of Canadian

NCC termed safe

New York -The U.S. National Council of Churches will not go under any time soon, says Robert Edgar, its general secretary. In an interview following

The debate ends

NEW YEAR’S Day 2001 marks the end of a debate which will not surface for another hundred years: the debate about when a century begins.

Caring ears, warm hearts, cookies

Dulcie Brown, left, and Barbara Pacey share a laugh in the street clinic where they bring compassion and cookies. Kamloops, B.C. IT IS Friday evening

Violence pervasive

London Domestic violence against women is as common in church-supporting households as in the wider community, according to the results of a Methodist research project.

Toronto elects suffragan

Toronto Canon George H. Elliott was elected suffragan bishop for the diocese of Toronto in December. The position became open after Bishop Taylor Pryce retired.

Movies honour boys’ spirit

THERE’S something inspiring about how people respond to life’s challenges and it’s particularly moving if the person who responds is a child. Billy Elliot and

New writer hired

Jane Davidson, an author, freelance journalist and communications consultant, has been hired as full-time staff writer for the Anglican Journal. Ms. Davidson is also a

Raiser decries Nigerian conflict

Nigerians wave from the top of a truck during a ceremony by the governor of the country’s most populous northern state of Kano, in which

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