Glacial’ is a term occasionally used to describe the pace of change in the church. Certainly, to people who are advocates for change, the wait
St. James church in Florence, also called la chiesa Americana, or “the American church,” recently celebrated 100 years of ministry in the Italian city known
Delta, B.C. The South American primate who has welcomed dissenting Canadian Anglican parishes into his province says he sees the beginning of the end of
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) said the government of Canada will match, dollar for dollar, donations earmarked for victims of the Burma
Much-needed relief for victims of the cyclone that hit Burma on May 2 are slowly making their way to devastated villages. The Primate’s World Relief
Rev. Michael Heller, winner of the 2008 Templeton Prize, speaks at a news conference in New York. New YorkRev. Michael (Michal) Heller, a Polish Roman
Montreal’s Julia Drummond Residence (pictured here in 1967). Are you one of thousands of women who lived at the Anglican-run Julia Drummond Residence in Montreal
A judge in Virginia ruled April 3 that it was appropriate for 11 Convocation of Anglicans in North America (CANA) congregations to file property claims
The national leaders of the Anglican Church of Canada and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) have urged their churches to advocate for affordable
The diocese of Saskatoon, at its biennial synod held April 4-6, narrowly defeated a resolution that would have allowed clergy to bless same-sex civil marriages.
The Anglican diocese of Christchurch in New Zealand confirmed on March 16 that Canadian bishop Victoria Matthews has been elected diocesan bishop and will be
We bounced along one of the red dirt roads that crisscross south Sudan, our Land Cruiser’s shocks damaged by the many, many potholes. We were
An exhibit at Toronto’s Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) celebrating Charles Darwin almost failed to open until an unlikely donor came through: the United Church Observer,
Ondo Rukia Rajab (left) and Abale John Stephen are teachers at the Wulu Primary School. Rumbek, SudanSudan appears to be a country in waiting. Waiting
The Episcopal Church of Sudan, which recently elected Bishop Daniel Deng Bul of the diocese of Renk as its next primate (national archbishop), has been
Rev. Giles Fraser, vicar of the Anglican parish of Putney, U.K. and a columnist with the Guardian and Church Times newspapers, thinks the Christian church
Citing financial difficulties, the Anglican Sisters of St. John the Divine (SSJD) and the diocese of Montreal have jointly agreed that the sisters will leave
RomeChaldean Catholic Archbishop Paulos Faraj Rahho of the northern Iraq city of Mosul, who was kidnapped in February by armed attackers, was found dead on
Oxford, OhioTed Turner, who once called Christianity “a religion for losers” has launched a joint initiative with Lutherans and Methodists in the United States to