Religion’s role in the upcoming U.S. presidential election topped the list of religion news stories of the year, according to the Westerville, Ohio-based Religion Newswriters
Battling a big foe A large red ribbon, the internationally-recognized symbol of AIDS awareness, is placed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop
Dri, a former resident of Toronto’s Tent City, is a homeless “warrior” who worries that “we’ll soon forget that shelters are really meant for emergencies.”
Tens of thousands of young adults from throughout Europe and beyond are expected in Geneva between Christmas and New Year for five days of prayer
From left: Dave Kozoris, St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteer, Dean Louise Peters of St. Paul’s Cathedral and Le Roy Wells, also of St. Vincent
A group of young people at St. James church in Morrisburg, Ont., led by Bill Rumble, rear, and Rev. Craig Bowers, right, wrote letters supporting
Gabriella Amisano releases a ladybug in a garden named for environmentalist Rachel Carson at Grace Episcopal Church in Everett, Mass. Everett, Mass. Twelve years after
Hilda Shilliday, a retired public health nurse from Victoria, works with local staff in the HIV/AIDS clinic pharmacy at Kampala’s Mengo Hospital. Ms. Shilliday recently
Editor’s note: The following story has been changed; the last paragraph has been changed for reasons of clarity. For the second year in a row,
Leaders of 30 faith groups form a circle around a 14-tonne rock that lies in the centre of the National Memorial Centre in Beechwood Cemetery,
Canon Gideon Byamugisha, the first African Anglican clergyperson to announce he had HIV. Geneva – Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rick and Kay Warren, Canon Gideon Byamugisha,
“Thanks to my fourth grade teacher Max Malthus,” wrote Kelly Fowler in her photo submission for the theme “Remembrance,” “the poem In Flanders Fields will
At The Widening Circle conference, Lisa Poultney shared her concern that in some parts of the Anglican Communion, the church is colluding with governments in
MontrealThe annual synod of the diocese of Montreal has become the second to urge its bishop to allow clergy to bless previously solemnized civil marriages
Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a very poignant poem about a sailor at sea battling the wind and weather as the ship fought its way out
The diocese of Quebec is in turmoil over conflicting reports about whether there were irregularities connected with the accounting for the Church Society, the oldest
Ten years ago we decided to invite local kids and their parents to a Christmas pageant in our church at 5:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve.
I am a retired priest and so, I’m not in charge of anything very much any more (although I am allowed by my wife to
St. Saviour’s church in Victoria, diocese of British Columbia, has reopened its Rainbow Kitchen after having closed it for more than a month in the
London, Ont.Canada’s Anglican bishops, at their regular fall meeting, decided to leave in place a set of pastoral guidelines concerning church services for gay couples