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Andrew Stephens-Rennie September 26, 2012

"Our contemporary societies no longer wish to listen to the preaching of churches...They need authentic witnesses who can show them the important things in life," says a church leader. Photo: Carsten Medom Madsen

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Churches share strategies for changing times

Ecumenical News International September 26, 2012

In We Were Children, Alicia Hamelin plays a young Cree who was taken from her loving home and placed in an Indian Residential School. Photo: Eagle Vision Inc./Entertainment One/National Film Board of Canada

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Film tells stories of residential school survivors

Marites N. Sison September 26, 2012

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Scant majority feels Williams has led well

Anglican Journal Staff September 26, 2012

A new study has shown a “a very clear indication of the inter-generational trauma…” of residential schools. Photo: Marites N. Sison

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Residential school education can spell trouble

Marites N. Sison September 26, 2012

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Middle East Christians are endangered, assembly hears

Ecumenical News International September 25, 2012

Villagers in India fear that a proposed nuclear power plant could destroy their traditional fishing grounds. Photo: Anna Jurkovska

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Churches support ongoing anti-nuclear protests in India

Anto Akkara, ENI News September 25, 2012

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Peter Lougheed honoured in public memorial

Diana Swift September 24, 2012

Archbishop Fred Hiltz presides over a eucharist at the synod of the ecclesiastical Province of Canada, made up of seven dioceses in Atlantic Canada and Quebec. Photo: Harvey Shepherd

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Church structures under review…again

Harvey Shepherd September 24, 2012

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Provincial synod prunes for mission

Bruce Myers September 24, 2012

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Latin American and Caribbean Lutheran churches discuss challenges

Ecumenical News International September 24, 2012

Mitochondrial replacement could prevent diseases passed on in a mother's DNA. Photo: Juan Gaertner

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Three biological parents for babies?

Diana Swift September 21, 2012

(L to R): Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk, The Rev. David Lehmann, The Rev.Georgina Bassett, Bishop Larry Robertson and The Rev. Vivian Smith. Photo: Debra Gill

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‘God is always there’

Marites N. Sison September 21, 2012

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New degree in Muslim pastoral care

Anglican Journal Staff September 21, 2012

Declining enrolment and increasing costs are forcing closure, says Bishop Jim Njegovan. Photo: File

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Venerable Emmanuel & St. Chad’s to close

Diana Swift September 21, 2012

"The government and faith leaders in Pakistan have a role to play in educating people that they have the right to protest, but to damage property and terrify people in this way is completely wrong," says a bishop. Photo: Asia-Net Pakistan

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Bishops condemn attack on church compound

Anglican Communion News Service September 21, 2012

The fragment of papyrus that offers fresh evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. Photo: RNS/Courtesy Karen L. King

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Five big questions about the ‘Jesus’ wife’ discovery

Daniel Burke and David Gibson, ENInews/RNS September 20, 2012

The 2011 Statistics Canada Census of Population counted over 60,000 same-sex couple families in 2011, up 42.4% from 2006. Photo: Dubova

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Same-sex, common-law and single-parent families on rise in Canada

Marites N. Sison September 20, 2012

People flee their homes in the Rutshuru territory as fighting continued between Congo army troops and M23, renegade soldiers allegedly backed by Rwanda. Photo:S. Liechti/UN News

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Bishop calls attention to humanitarian crisis in Congo

Anglican Journal Staff September 20, 2012

Clerics take part in a protest against the anti-Islamic film. Photo: Mohamed CJ/Wikimedia Commons

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Anglican leaders condemn anti-Islam film and violence

Tarsila Burity/ACNS September 20, 2012

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