Evangelical Protestants are claiming a major victory in tax court on the clergy housing deduction. But observers say the latest decision has little impact on
London The World Association for Christian Communication has launched a world-wide design contest to find a symbol that sums up its big idea: in political
Arts fund created St. Christopher’s, Burlington, Ont., is hoping to revive the historic relationship between artists and the church. The parish has started a scholarship
“If we time it right, we can usually get our children’s Easter eggs at half price,” jokes Peter Bouteneff, executive secretary with the Faith and
LITTLE SEEMS to have gone right for XTC charter member, principal songwriter and frontman Andy Partridge in the 1990s. Record company woes left the band
London Prosecuting authorities have decided not to bring a case against the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff, John Ward, who was arrested in January over
Alice Jean Finlay: The decade has had an impact on the work of the Anglican Church. There is an effort to be as inclusive as
"’Happy Easter’ graffiti" HAPPY EASTER is a greeting that we Western Christians have used already this year, and that Orthodox Christians share later in the
The Anglican Journal has been accused of “unethical journalism” for a story in the April issue on statements by the Bishop of New Westminster at
Funds disappear The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have begun an investigation into the disappearance of as much as $40,000 from the bank accounts of the
PEACE I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives.” Christians were celebrating last
Marsh LEGEND HAS IT that in 1497 explorer John Cabot and the crew of his ship, the Matthew, weighed anchor off Bonavista, Nfld. They were
Youth worker hired Agnes Flam, a Church Army officer from Halifax, N.S., is the new youth ministry co-ordinator for the Diocese of Brandon. She is
Ottawa Canadian churches, including the Anglican Church of Canada, are welcoming the federal government’s debt-relief plan but say more must be done. The strategy, announced
Kukes is the main entry point for refugees, here receiving food. More than 200,000 refugees have flowed into this town of 20,000 inhabitants. Geneva International
SHOULD WE be inviting the unbaptized in our worship services to receive communion? Until recently this question would have been answered with an immediate and
March for Jesus Africa, 1996: organizers of the annual ecumenical and international event are planning a special Jesus Day, June 10, 2000 to mark the
In their first major project together, the national heads of Australia’s main churches will make a pilgrimage to Uluru, in the heart of Australia’s central
The Sunday after Easter is traditionally known as “low Sunday,” but it was a day filled with news for the people of Christ Church Cathedral
Representatives of the diocese of Winnipeg and Toronto have expressed shock and sadness following the arrests in March of a priest and former priest on