The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, after a church service in Beijing. He visited China for the first time last fall. BeijingThe Archbishop of Canterbury,
Hong Kong The chairperson of the governors of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Bishop Stephen Patten, has invited the Roman Catholic church to allow more
Geneva Many church leaders do not understand what journalism is all about, while secular media are often suspicious of religion, says Portuguese journalist Antonio Marujo,
The United Church of Canada has launched a $10.5 million, three-year media campaign aimed at connecting with Canadians 30-45 years old. The project, the largest
Rev. Capt. Michelle Staples, an Anglican military chaplain, was named alumna of the year by St. Paul University in Ottawa, the first Anglican to be
Vincent Lam, an active Anglican from Toronto, has won the prestigious 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize for excellence in English-language Canadian fiction. Mr. Lam, a parishioner
During the bishops’ four-day meeting at a retreat house outside Toronto, they traveled into the city for Archbishop Andrew Hutchison’s second fundraising dinner, called Breaking
An “anonymous donor of the North” has pledged $50,000 to the diocese of Arctic’s $5 million fundraising campaign to rebuild St. Jude’s Cathedral, Iqaluit’s historic
There was a “sense of relief” among Council of the North member dioceses that the Prioritized Operational Plan working group has proposed that the Council’s
The synod of the ecclesiastical province of Canada has passed a memorial to General Synod affirming the “important contribution” of the Anglican Journal and diocesan
On Oct. 28, 2007, exactly 150 years to the day that Benjamin Cronyn was consecrated as the first synodically-elected bishop in the Anglican world, Anglicans
The Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario has elected a youth delegate to serve as prolocutor, a first for the province and some say, possibly a first
It was a hot, dusty day, like every other day. This is Kandahar Province, southern Afghanistan, a desolate place, and the heat hits like an
A steering committee “to preserve and re-imagine” Quebec Lodge, the diocese of Quebec’s camp whose sale was put on hold after an outpouring of support
Submitted Rev. Major Robert A. Lauder, a military chaplain in Afghanistan, visits an orphanage. The visit with the 21 girls, he writes, “reminds me of
A Christmas CD produced by the music team at Calgary’s Holy Trinity church has been nominated for two Covenant Music Awards: best seasonal album of
November 30 marks the 30th anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood in the Anglican Church of Canada, and a number of events
Aid workers face challenges in feeding the hungry in Food Force, a video game aimed at teaching children about world hunger. The United Nations World
Richard C. Choe The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) recently opened its new global headquarters in Toronto, having moved from London, England. Cutting the
The diocese of Fredericton is participating in a pilot project of the National Historic Places Initiative, which will compile data and write “Statements of Significance”