Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR), the delivery arm for development programming and overseas relief for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), has partnered with
The duties of Canadian Forces chaplains can be very different from their civilian counterparts. Take Capt. Fraser Harvey, the Anglican chaplain at Canadian Forces Base
The Anglican Church of Canada has collected nearly $17.7 million from its national office and 30 dioceses to cover potential damages sought by former students
Members of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC) and the National Council of Churches (NCC) in the United States met recently to lay the groundwork
In light of the continuing interest in my presentation on declining church membership to the house of bishops last October, and the controversy it is
The Anglican Church of Canada has declined a request to increase its annual grant to the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC), citing budgetary constraints. The executive
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
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
Four northern Ontario churches in the diocese of Algoma – three Anglican and one Lutheran – have decided to share one priest, Rev. Henk Willems.
The Saskatoon (Lutheran) Native Ministry at St. Thomas Wesley United Church is moving towards modifying worship services to include an indigenous sacred circle format, a
Nepali police try to stop human rights activists who were demonstrating against the Nepali monarchy in Kathmandu. Nepal was named in a recent statement as
The appointment of a religious affairs official of Afghanistan’s former Taliban regime to the country’s new parliament is prompting concern among international human rights advocates.
Protesters march in front of Talisman Energy’s 2001 general meeting in Calgary. The company was criticized for its operations in war-torn Sudan. The Anglican church’s
The diocese of Ottawa will be part of a six-day Advocacy Justice Camp in May in Ottawa to “advance the cause of social justice in
Kairos, a Canadian ecumenical justice coalition, joined the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA) and other groups in lobbying national governments and delegates to the 6th Ministerial
New York The death of Pope John Paul II and the election of Pope Benedict XVI to succeed him were the top religion stories of