Pope Benedict XVI (right) and Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, talk after signing a common declaration committing their two churches to a goal of “full
The Pentecostal “fire flower” is one of 36 award-winning windows at St. Barnabas-on-the-Desert Episcopal Campus in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Canadian stained glass artist Sarah Hall’s
Christians have the responsibility to help those who have been ravaged by HIV/AIDS and to educate themselves and others “so as to avoid further spread
A dozen people, many of them homeless or mentally ill, approach Vancouver street priest Rev. Matthew Johnson on a typical walkabout. Rev. Matthew Johnson of
More than 20 Chinese religious prints and paintings depicting the Buddhist and Daoist concepts of heaven or hell as well as deities worshipped by believers
The diocesan council of New Westminster has offered to provide payroll services to clergy of four dissenting parishes in the diocese to enable them to
One of the more significant items on the agenda of the General Synod in June (and likely on the agenda of the meeting of all
The popular Ask & Imagine leadership program for young Anglicans received a grant in early December from the Lilly Endowment Inc., an American foundation that
The Episcopal Church’s presiding bishop, Katharine Jefferts Schori, and a group of bishops announced in early December a proposal that would result in the appointment
Growing up in Calgary in the 1970s, members of a punk rock band called the Hot Nasties, we were misfits. Punks are always misfits, and
Maybe Thumper’s mother was wrong. The commonplace phrase that is traced back to the little bunny’s mother in Bambi goes thusly: “‘If you can’t say
In November, we asked Anglican Journal readers what signs of hope they saw in the church, in this time of shrinking membership and declining revenues.
The annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be celebrated Jan. 21 to 28 in Canada with the theme Be Opened. The theme’s Scripture
David Ashdown, bishop of the diocese of Keewatin, presided for the second time last fall at a rite of solemn re-internment of century-old human remains
FaithLife Financial has awarded about $80,000 in scholarships to 46 young students across Canada through a program called Horizons; 36 of the recipients are enrolled
In other news, Council of General Synod (CoGS) also: approved a motion asking officers of General Synod, “in consultation with staff, to ascertain present and
Moscow A Russian organization with close ties to the Kremlin is quoting the Bible, the Jewish Torah and a saying attributed to the prophet Muhammad
Bishop Ralph Spence, of the diocese of Niagara, on Oct. 27 was one of three people honoured for their contributions to the field of heraldry
The bishop of the diocese of Ottawa, Peter Coffin, who is 60, has announced his retirement in July 2007, a move that has surprised many
The diocese of Fredericton has presented a $50,000 cheque to the HIV/AIDS campaign of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) from funds raised