LondonA London-based Muslim group has sentenced to death the author of a play depicting a gay Jesus. The group, Al-Muhajiroun, which describes itself as the
Calgary’s seventh bishop will bring a strong background in mediation, counselling and ecumenical work to the office. Archdeacon Barry Hollowell, rector of St. George’s Anglican
THERE IS NO doubt, that in our modern and postmodern global village, we daily encounter people from various and varied faith traditions. There are two
LAST YEAR’S Lambeth Conference will unfortunately be remembered for its failures. In an effort to appease militant forms of Islam, particularly in Africa, the bishops
The Common Cup Company (from top, clockwise) Bob Wallace, Jim Uhrich, Ian MacDonald and Gordon Light FOR MORE THAN 15 years, four clergy from across
Retired bishop Allan A. Read of the Diocese of Ontario and his wife Beverly have been effectively adopted into the Mohawk Nation, reports their daughter-in-law
THE YOUNG teen chewed a fingernail while typing with one finger. She seemed a bit apprehensive about being online, but game to give it a
Quebec-born vocalist Celine Dion has become a huge worldwide commercial smash throughout this decade. Therefore, it made perfect sense when one of the most market-savvy
Aboriginal children on Northern Vancouver Island have begun learning their language of Kwak’wala in school. But they can’t speak it at home with their parents,
The Anglican Church of Canada has finalized a deal that will see it get a brand new national office space, effectively free of charge. In
IN NORTHERN Ontario, where logging, mining and tourism are the key industries, and there are several linguistic and cultural groups, the Diocese of Keewatin has
John Malkovich plays himself, caught up in the strangest of circumstances in Being John Malkovich. SOMETIMES there’s a film with a premise so weird that
ILEAFED THROUGH Joyful Noise and knew right away that I needed a copy. Ann Turner has put together traditional music that has inspired people of
Dr. Wendy L. Fletcher-Marsh has been appointed dean of the Vancouver School of Theology, effective July 1, 2000. Dr. Fletcher-Marsh is currently an associate professor
A former lay worker at a Toronto-area church has been charged with violating his bail conditions stemming from sexual assault charges laid last year. Richard
If church bureaucrats narrowly avoided stepping into a mess, federal civil servants haven’t. After losing ? badly ? a tax case involving nearly 50 ministers
Native people had their languages and culture taken from them, along with ways of resolving disputes they had developed over millenia, which had nothing to
Parishioners at St. Matthew’s Church in Abbottsford, B.C. are feeling “pain and anger” that their chosen speaker for century celebrations has been banned from participating
HOW ONE RESPONDS to criticism in adverse times is frequently regarded as a test of character in individuals. It is no less so for corporations
Dr. Iain Elliott celebrates the eucharist after his ordination in Tanzania. A Canadian physician and Anglican deacon who went to Tanzania as a Volunteer in