Wittenberg, GermanyGerman Protestants gathered Jan. 25-27 in Wittenberg, the town where Martin Luther launched the Reformation five centuries ago, to consider how to strengthen the
The diocese of Ottawa has put prayer at the heart of its process to elect a new bishop March 24. Since the start of the
More than half of those planning to get married in church say the vicar who officiates at their service is just as important a part
The Anglican diocese of Ottawa and the Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada have made a conditional offer to purchase land for
A lonely effort to present alternative viewpointDear editor, I write in response to Geoff Woodcroft (ADR work is about ‘wholeness and brokenness,’ February letters) and
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (of The Episcopal Church in the U.S.), Archbishop Carlos Touche-Porter (primate of the Anglican Church of Mexico), and Archbishop Andrew
The Anglican Journal‘s annual fundraising appeal collected $556,065 in 2006, just a hair shy of its goal of $560,000. “It was still a success since
Girls play with dolls and teepees at the Anglican Mission at St Peter’s, Lesser Slave Lake, Alta. The family of a former principal, Rev. Montague
Although a new year has dawned, the National Church Council (NCC) of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) will revisit a seemingly perennial theme:
The Mother’s Union (MU), the largest Christian women’s voluntary organization in the world, has elected as its worldwide president Rosemary Kempsell from the Southwark diocese
Brussels European church leaders meeting here called for a dialogue with other religions about the future of Europe, while underlining the need for the process
Nairobi The United Nations war-crimes court for Rwanda has convicted a Roman Catholic priest of genocide and sentenced him to 15 years for his role
“In 2006, I met God,” writes Laura Marie Piotrowicz, an Anglican youth, in her blog (Web log or journal). “Some days it was easier than
Former treasurer Rev. Rodney Clark resigned from the diocese of Quebec. The diocese of Quebec has launched an investigation into “some significant accounting irregularities” that
The diocese of Niagara launched a series of radio and newspaper advertisements aimed at bringing newcomers or lapsed Anglicans back to the church. With a
Rev. Christine Benoit became the first Anglican woman to be ordained a priest in the diocese of Seychelles during a consecration service at St. Paul’s
An agreement that will compensate former Indian residential school students and limit legal liability for the churches that ran the institutions took a step closer
De Lucia Josie De Lucia has been appointed editorial assistant of the Anglican Journal. She succeeds Steve Brickenden, who has left the Journal. Ms. De
Pope Benedict and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I are depicted in a cartoon in Istanbul. The Pope’s linking of Islam and violence angered Muslims and sparked
Many of Canada’s magazines and newspapers, including the Anglican Journal, received an early Christmas gift when the federal government extended on Dec. 15 an important