January 5, 2009 AIDS is not a punishment from God, says African archbishop

Faith leaders “should shout from the rooftops that AIDS is not a punishment from God but a medical condition which is preventable,” the former leader of South Africa’s Anglican church, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, has told the World AIDS campaign.

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January 5, 2009 Temba House provides hope in world of AIDS

When Lulu Boxoza started Temba Community Development Services in Mthantha, South Africa in 1999, she thought she would be involved in poverty alleviation, but people were so overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic that her group...

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December 1, 2008 Grannies take it off in support of HIV orphans

Twelve grandmothers from the diocese of Ontario have taken off their clothes for a 2009 calendar to raise funds for the Grandmothers to Grandmothers campaign, which helps support African grandmothers who are taking care of their grandchildren orphaned by HIV-AIDS.

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November 25, 2008 Temba House provides education and hope to South African community

When Lulu Boxoza started Temba Community Development Services in Mthantha, South Africa in 1999, she thought she would be involved in poverty alleviation, but people were so overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS pandemic that her group quickly switched to working on awareness-raising programs and education. She soon discovered that many people sent home from overfilled hospitals had no one to look after them.

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October 1, 2008 Bishop David Beetge, champion of the poor, dies in South Africa

Bishop David Beetge of the diocese of Highveld, South Africa, who championed the cause of the poor and the victims of HIV/AIDS, died Sept. 27. He was 59.

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September 9, 2008 African churches’ leader undergoes HIV test to encourage others

The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, Rev. Mvume Dandala, is encouraging mass voluntary testing for HIV by undergoing a personal test for the virus, and he has encouraged other religious leaders to do the same.

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September 1, 2008 Restrictions for HIV-related travel

The main governing body of the Lutheran World Federation has called on its member churches to advocate for the removal of discriminatory travel and entry restrictions, and similar examples of stigmatization, of people living with HIV.

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January 2, 2008 Anglicans commemorate scourge of HIV/AIDS

Canadian Anglicans marked World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, in a variety of ways that called attention to the immune-deficiency disease, raised funds for those living with AIDS and commemorated the dead in song and prayer.In Belleville,...

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January 1, 2008 World AIDS Day

A large red ribbon, the internationally-recognized symbol of AIDS awareness, is placed in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado mountain during World AIDS Day in Rio de Janeiro, Dec. 1. Anglicans in Canada and abroad marked the day with song, drama and even kite flying.

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December 3, 2007 'Advent in a time of AIDS'

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Rick and Kay Warren, Canon Gideon Byamugisha, Musimbi Kanyoro, Sister Maria Cimperman and Erik Sawyer all have one thing in common.

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