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
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
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
New YorkGene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States, has returned to work after spending time at an
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
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
‘Thy will be done’ The agony of Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane as depicted by Canadian artist Michael O’Brien. Gethsemane was where, according to
Jerusalem Holy Land Lutheran Bishop Munib Younan has urged Christians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip not to panic over the militant Islamic group
Bishop George Snell has set up a trust administered by the Anglican Foundation to finance special work in Toronto parishes. Bishop George Snell on Jan.