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
Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who created Grameen Bank, which pioneered small loans to enable the poor to set up businesses, was awarded the 2006 Nobel
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,
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori greets well-wishers after her investiture Nov. 4 as presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. She is the first woman to head
Wangusa The Anglican Journal published an incorrect photo to accompany a story about the appointment of Hellen Grace Wangusa as the next Anglican United Nations
In a potpourri of summer and fall events across the country, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) continues to model a church in “Mission
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
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
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
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
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”
Archbishop Rowan Williams greets Archbishop Peter Akinola of Nigeria in 2005. The African primate is a critic of the U.S. church. A London-based Anglican Communion