
Panhandlers evicted
St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal is no longer allowing panhandlers to use its vast church grounds to hit up pilgrims for spare change, the Globe

St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal is no longer allowing panhandlers to use its vast church grounds to hit up pilgrims for spare change, the Globe

Members of ARCIC , staff and local ecumenical guests attended dinner at the York Club in Toronto at the invitation of the Anglican and Roman

Saunders IT IS ABOUT three years since I stumbled into cyberspace for the first time at an Internet café. I recall logging on and nudging


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”

East London, South Africa One of the first women to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church in South Africa, Scottish-born Elizabeth Bride Dickson,


York A more outward-looking, confident and united Church of England was promised by the newly formed Archbishops’ Council, a cabinet for the church, but General

100 years ago: September 1899 Canadian Churchman asked, “Whose fault is it that in so many parishes there is no co-operation between the clergy and

NOTICING THAT something isn?t working or is worn out doesn’t require a great deal of ingenuity, only a degree of attentiveness. Genius is figuring out

Cologne Organizers of the Jubilee 2000 movement – which is calling for the cancellation of debts owed by the world’s poorest countries – have criticized

Belgrade The bishops of Yugoslavia’s biggest church, the Serbian Orthodox Church, have called on Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to hand over power to a transitional


Ontario Premier Mike Harris has called on churches to support his controversial work-for-welfare program. He accused some church groups of wanting to keep welfare recipients

Macmaster Janet Macmaster, the Anglican Journal’s editorial assistant for the last 20 years, will be leaving Aug. 20 to pursue new career directions. Callers to

The Anglican Journal has been cleared by its General Synod sub-committee of an allegation of “unethical journalism” levelled by Bishop Michael Ingham and the communications