The Episcopal Church in the United States (ECUSA) has joined a coalition of religious, human rights and humanitarian organizations in commending the United States Congress and the President for the passage and signing of the...
Category: June 2003, World, ECUSA
Honiara, Solomon Islands A member of the Melanesian Brotherhood, Nathaniel Sado, was killed in late April by a band of rebels on the island of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. A requiem mass for Brother Sado was held by...
Category: June 2003, Asia / Pacific
Geneva In a letter addressed to Cuban President Fidel Castro, the general secretary of the World Council of Churches (WCC), Konrad Raiser, called the recent trials and long sentences given to Cuban political dissidents a...
Category: June 2003, Cuba, World Council of Churches
London Anti-war Christians in Bethlehem opposed to the invasion of Iraq said recently that U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair would be barred if they tried to visit the birthplace of...
Category: June 2003, Middle East
New York The mid-section of the United States encountered tornados which killed dozens of people, damaged property and, in at least two cases, destroyed churches. At least 46 people were killed in incidents related to weather...
Category: June 2003, United States
The president of Brazil, Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva, has already been invited to the next assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which will take place in February 2006 in Porto Alegre. The WCC general secretary, Konrad...
Category: June 2003, World Council of Churches, Central / South America
Churches in India expressed shock over the enactment of a law curbing religious conversion that passed without debate in the state of Gujarat.The legislation, called the Freedom of Religious Conversion Bill, carries a penalty of...
Category: June 2003, Asia / Pacific
The bishops of episcopal dioceses in Florida and the World Council of Churches are pressuring Florida Governor Jeb Bush to grant clemency to Lionel Tate, who was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a crime he committed...
Category: June 2003, United States, World Council of Churches, ECUSA
Nashville On the first Friday of each month, after the work day is done, worshippers come to 109-year-old Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville, not knowing what to expect.Last time the worship music was medieval. Next month it...
Category: June 2003, Music
It is now obvious from the 9/11 experience in the United States and the SARS outbreak in Canada that North American isolation from the woes of the world is over. It is also obvious that, for better or worse, a Pax Americana is...
Category: June 2003, Books