Expertise comes first Dear editor, Foster Carter, in his letter in the Dec. 2000 issue (Volunteer Lawyers), suggests that "our legal counsel" should step forward and offer services on a pro bono basis as a solution to the...
Category: February 2001, Letters
Bishop Buckle injured Bishop Terrence Buckle of the diocese of Yukon, is recovering from a car accident last Oct. 19. He hoped to be back at work full-time in January. "A pickup truck slid off its lane" and collided...
Category: February 2001, Canada
Budget cut in Brandon The diocese of Brandon, affected by lower support grants from General Synod due to residential schools litigation, has cut the general operating and program portion of its 2001 budget by $30,000. It...
Category: February 2001, Canada
Ecumenism celebrated Celebrating a significant anniversary in Canadian ecumenism, the choir of Christ Church Anglican Cathedral led an Evensong service at Notre Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral in Ottawa on Nov. 23, 2000. ...
Category: February 2001, Canada
Hutchison on leave Bishop Andrew Hutchison of the diocese of Montreal began a six-month sabbatical on Jan. 1. In his absence, Bishop Russell Hatton will have episcopal oversight of the diocese. Archdeacon Peter Hannen will...
Category: February 2001, Canada
IT IS A paradox of a diocese in some ways - generous but poor, fearful but optimistic, theologically conservative but tolerant. Saskatchewan may be among the church's poorest dioceses, but its 20,000 Anglicans in scattered...
Category: February 2001, Diocesan profile
New DelhiThe Church of Pakistan has ordained two women deacons, despite civil court action by another church which believes that the Bible bans women as clergy. The church, with a small number of Christian members among a...
Category: February 2001, Asia / Pacific

New DelhiBishop Vinod Peter, a leading Indian clergyman and president of the National Council of Churches in India (NCCI), died in a road accident in the Indian state of Rajasthan in December, along with Bishop Gerald Andrews of...
Category: February 2001, Asia / Pacific
Geneva An international alliance of church groups has been formed to promote justice and peace issues. The alliance, launched in Geneva, was inspired by the Jubilee 2000 campaign against debt and by the International Campaign...
Category: February 2001, World
LondonA British newspaper is challenging the rule that a British monarch cannot be a Roman Catholic or marry one, saying that this infringes on fundamental human rights. The London-based Guardian also declared that it...
Category: February 2001, United Kingdom / Ireland