London The international development agency Christian Aid has warned that genetically modified foods are a threat to farmers in the developing world and, contrary to
In other business at the Arctic synod, delegates elected two new suffragan bishops, in addition to Bishop Paul Idlout, elected in 1996. (A suffragan is
Bishop Anthony Burton has announced the appointment of Rev. Michael Hawkins as dean of the diocese of Saskatchewan and rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral, Prince
From left, Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk of Inukjuak, Bishop Chris Williams, Bishop Paul Idlout and Bishop Larry Robertson of Inuvik. Bishops Atagotaaluk and Robertson, the two
London At a time when many churches in the West face a shortage of new vocations to the priesthood, the Church of England is enjoying
The Anglican Church won’t be joining a Canadian Bible Society protest against a human rights ruling that declared reciting the Lord’s Prayer in Saskatoon classrooms
London Basil Hume, who died of cancer in hospital on June 17 at the age of 76, never wanted to lead the Roman Catholic Church
The country’s top court made its decision but the jury’s still out on what impact the ruling on employer’s liability will have on a range
AS BANDWAGONS go, the campaign for more debt relief for the poorest countries has gathered an impressive head of steam, as well as an odd
“Act of God” or not, the Anglican Church is lining up behind Prairie farmers facing an economic disaster after a combination of torrential spring rains
IT IS TIME for us to be one church with one book again: not the Book of Common Prayer nor the Book of Alternative Services;
The Jubilee Discussion group is an e-mail list version of the online newsgroup (the latter can be found with the other national church discussion groups
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