Vigils continue for hostages
Anglican Journal
March 1, 2006
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
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
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
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
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
‘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
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
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.
Despite controversy over characters including a pill-popping Episcopal (Anglican) church priest, his martini-imbibing wife, his gay son, his dope-dealer daughter, The Book of Daniel –
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
Angels made by church groups from basic craft materials sell for $5; proceeds from the sales benefit AIDS projects in Africa. Two groups of Canadians
After a year-long break sparked by the election of Gene Robinson as Bishop of New Hampshire, talks have resumed between the Vatican and the Anglican
Lusaka A senior priest at Lusaka’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Rev. Derrick Muwina, has challenged the Anglican church in Central Africa to encourage women
The Archbishop of York called on Britain to “rediscover its Christian wisdom” following a survey which found that more than 40 per cent of adults
Montreal’s Carolyn Walsh-Dawson (centre) protests global warming with Rev. Wendy Eyre-Gray and David Dranchuk of New Westminster. Braving gusty winds, Anglicans joined tens of thousands
Health Canada has decided to give five men dying of AIDS – including an Anglican priest – access to new drugs unavailable in Canada that