News Roundup
Anglican Journal
April 1, 2011
Canada’s top court denies appealVancouverParishes that leave the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) but seek to retain their buildings and assets may think twice about
Canada’s top court denies appealVancouverParishes that leave the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) but seek to retain their buildings and assets may think twice about
Faith groups may not be able to answer the scientific questions of climate change, but they can change the way people behave, says an expert.
A group of Canadians celebrated Earth Hour 2010 with a hike. Photo: Jeremiah Armstrong/WWF-Canada At least 131 countries and territories on all seven continents, thousands
The new budget fails to invest in renewable energy technologies such as solar panels, say environment and social justice groups. Photo: Shutterstock Environmental and social
Telmor Sartison (L), then-national bishop of the Canadian Lutheran church, and then-Anglican primate Michael Peers celebrate Full Communion approval in 2001. Photo: Vianney Carriere New
Some of the Grade 9 students who raised $400 in donations for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, which works to end global hunger. Photo: Canadian Foodgrains
“As stewards of Creation, water reminds us to connect at the most basic elemental level.” Photo: Shutterstock New YorkHumanitarian and advocacy groups are marking the
Is it time for a name change from The Anglican Church of Canada to The Episcopal Church of Canada? Photo: Marites N. Sison The Church
The consultation was the first time a large group of deputies gathered outside of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention. Photo: Episcopal News Service Nearly 200
At the UN, a moment of silence for the victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11. Photo: UN/Evan Schneider TokyoChurches are
A Church of England vicar was arrested for performing bogus marriages to help immigrants win residents’ visas. Photo: Shutterstock LondonA Church of England vicar has
In the aftermath of the March 11 disaster, Japanese people will draw strength from the comforting rituals of religion, experts say. Photo: Mandy Godbehear Washington,
A child offers flowers outside the Japanese Embassy in Moscow in remembrance of the people affected by the March 11 disaster. Photo: Anton Gvozdikov/Shutterstock Churches
Lent is a time “to reflect not simply on the fact of our personal sins, but on the social sin that is poverty, to reflect
Survivors of Japan’s earthquake and tsunami make their way through a debris-clogged street in Sendai. Sendai’s Anglican Christchurch Cathedral is damaged. Photo: Reuters TokyoChurches are
Coptic Christians represent ten to 12 per cent of the population in Egypt, which is undergoing a transition from autocratic rule. Photo: PierdeLune Cambridge, EnglandThe
“Jerusalem, the eye of the storm, remains the best reason to keep an eye not on fear but on hope,” says author James Carroll. Photo:
New York Global commemorations of International Women’s Day have included a public call for reading the Bible “through a gender lens.” In a statement issued
Visitors who know Cuba only as a vacation spot might think about venturing further than its pristine beaches and actually get to know its people.
Kaltoum Adam Imam, with one of her five children, collects millet in a land rented by a community leader in Saluma Area, North Darfur. Photo: