Ten Anglican bishops from around the world, including Terence Finlay, Bishop of Toronto, met recently to begin talks aimed at bridging the wide gulf over
The Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, chats with Francis Cardinal Arinze, president of the Vatican’s Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue. Amman, Jordan The Archbishop of
When the congregation at St. George’s Anglican Church in Victoria sings the Lord’s Prayer on Sundays, many of the 300 plus parishioners require more than
The Church Council on Justice and Corrections has been named a winner of the first national Ron Weibe Restorative Justice Award by the Correctional Service
A SURE SIGN of a new millennium for the music buff is the deluge of boxed sets and compilations that dominated the late 1999 market.
Torrential rains left this farmer’s field in southern Manitoba unseeded in 1999. With the farm crisis on the Prairies far from abated, the Diocese of
The diocesan council of New Westminster has offered to provide payroll services to clergy of four dissenting parishes in the diocese to enable them to
Jordan’s King Abdullah put to rest any lingering doubts about his ability to lead the country after his father’s death. Amman, Jordan Jerusalem must be
Crawley THE DIOCESE of Kootenay covers about 215,000 square kilometres of Canada’s most beautiful and difficult terrain. Just getting from one place to another affords
Nelson Mandela broke a prior engagement to speak to the Parliament of World’s Religions. Mr. Mandela told the audience the work of religious leaders and
RELIGION WAS THE motivating factor in everything we did ? without religious institutions and churches, I would not be here today.” For anyone who forgets
This creche from India will appear in the Bethlehem Peace Museum, opening in early January, featuring one of the world’s largest displays of creches. There
Sudan is one of the most war-shattered countries in the world but until recently, few Canadians likely cared or knew much about Africa’s largest country.
I BELONG TO that small group of precise calculators who insist that Jan. 1, 2000, is not the beginning of the third millennium (who ever
Many students at a Haitian university started by a former Canadian Volunteer in Mission can’t pay their tuition past the first year. Rev. Benoit Cherisol,
Don’t blame lawyers Dear editor, Your article, Collection Plate Cash Won’t Go To Litigation Bills (December Journal) reports some bishops wanted to take steps to