Porto Alegre, BrazilThe victory by Hamas in recent Palestinian legislature elections makes the churches’ engagement in the Holy Land even more crucial, a Palestinian Christian
Porto Alegre, Brazil Disputes in churches about homosexuality are hampering the search for Christian unity, Vatican officials said during the global meeting of the World
The building at 600 Jarvis St. in Toronto that once held the national office of the Canadian Anglican church was torn down in mid-February. [photo
After serving for nine years as regional mission co-ordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Anglican Church of Canada’s partnerships department, Canon Philip
A parish in the diocese of Ottawa has withheld its contribution to the diocesan budget for the second year in a row, saying it can’t
The Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Montreal, a 35-year-old ecumenical group, said on Feb. 23 that it is opposed to the relocation of the Montreal Casino and
He was a thoughtful man with a lot of questions. Like many of us, he was anxious about the health of the church! “How long
James Loney (second from left) and another member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams hold a vigil for Iraqi detainees in downtown Baghdad, prior to Mr.
Peter Irish, of Minto, N.B., diocese of Fredericton, on March 11 resigned as deputy prolocutor of General Synod, one of the nine national offices of
John Kenneth Galbraith once remarked that the main function of economic forecasting was to make astrology appear as a reputable science. The same could be
The Episcopal Church in the United States announced on Jan. 25 that four bishops have been nominated for the position of presiding bishop, including the
Father and son join a vigil in Toronto for four peace activists held captive in Iraq since Nov. 26. New video footage of the captives
Vatican City Pope Benedict XVI has given his support to a gathering of Europe’s main Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, saying he hoped
Oxford, England Britain’s oldest public museum has launched an art exhibition that aims to unite people of different faiths against extremism and estrangement from religious
The diocese of Calgary, recently shaken by the prolonged resignation of Bishop Barry Hollowell, is preparing in several ways for an episcopal election expected to
London The Church of England edged a step closer to accepting women bishops and the ability to have a female Archbishop of Canterbury as spiritual
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was arrested and executed by the Nazi regime for his resistance to Adolf Hitler. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, visited Germany and
Bishop Colin Johnson of the diocese of Toronto has appointed his executive assistant, Archdeacon Peter Fenty, as commissary for safe communities following a rash of
Departing members of the parish of Holy Cross, a Japanese-Canadian parish in East Vancouver, paid the parish’s back assessment of $30,290 to the diocese of
Ask and Imagine, a popular Anglican leadership course for young people, will have international participants for the first time this summer, said Judy Steers, program