RECENTLY THE POPE, on a rare visit to the 20th century, announced that hell is not a place. I am not sure that he would
`It was a bit upsetting to hear that the No. 1 issue in the diocese was lack of trust … We had to get away
100 years ago: October 1899 Canadian Churchman reported that the aim and object of every religious paper should be to place before its readers the
Tegucigalpa Guatemalan church leaders have called on their country’s politicians not to use religion as a tactic to win votes in the Nov. 7 elections.
A noted theologian and lecturer who pleaded guilty to two sexual abuse charges involving a young boy should not be “tarred in a sexual context”
ONE CHURCH, One Faith, ? One Book? Dr Reginald Stackhouse echoes a refrain which has been sung by other voices within our church when he
Denver Following close on the heels of their Canadian counterparts, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has given its backing to a plan to establish
Things Seen and Unseen is the chronicle of one woman’s experience during a year in her parish church. The book is built on the framework
Rev. Dale Lang says ‘God is making our son’s death count for something.’ Rev. Dale Lang may be the best-known Anglican priest in Canada. While
EVER SINCE Adam blamed Eve when he was caught with his mouth full of the forbidden fruit, it has been part of the human condition
WE BELIEVE … in all things visible and invisible.” It has been a long time since there’s been a really good ghost story at the
Saunders IN THE BOOK of Genesis God instructs humankind to, “fill the earth and subdue it, have dominion over ? every living thing that moves
At the news conference announcing Adrienne Clarkson as the country’s next governor-general, media reported her as coy about her recent marriage to her long-time partner
Geneva Violence and how the churches should respond to it was a key topic at the late summer meeting of the World Council of Churches’
Not so long ago, it seems that clergy sex offenders could abuse their victims with near impunity. Clergy were respected pillars of their community and
Rev. Geoffrey Dolphin knows all about brain drain. The Anglican priest from Guyana says his country is desperately short of priests and is often unable
Saunders At least two Anglicans are among winners of this year’s Governor-General’s Caring Canadian Award: Doreen Kenmuir of the Diocese of New Westminster and Marion