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
FreeRice.com, an online vocabulary game run by the World Food Programme, uses banner advertising to pay for rice for the world’s hungry. Since last October,
Area: 2.5 million sq. km.; the largest country in Africa; about the size of Ontario and Quebec combinedCities: Capital: Khartoum /Omdurman, Port Sudan, Juba (capital
Welsh Anglican clergy narrowly voted on April 2 against a measure to allow women to be appointed to the episcopate. The measure was supported unanimously
TOO COOL: From the air, the roofs of Sudanese houses look like tiny coolie hats. The traditional huts are made of mud, clay and grass
A young boy guarantees himself he will get a good seat at a Sunday morning Dinka-language service in Rumbek, Sudan. Gatherings of 1,500 are common
Staff at the Anglican church’s finance department in Toronto are still working at updating national church statistics and hope to have them available in the
Canadian donors, including Anglicans, Baptists and Roman Catholics, have contributed $800,000 towards the cost of a new $1.2 million eye hospital, inaugurated recently in Asuncion,
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
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
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 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