January 1, 2004 Appeal did not have local blessing

A South African organization called HOPE Africa has solicited contributions from Canadian Anglican parishes, prompting a word of caution from Ellie Johnson, director of the partnerships department at the national church office in...

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January 1, 2004 Conservative Asian primate re-elected

Kudat, Malaysia Archbishop Datuk Yong Ping Chung was re-elected on Nov. 19 as primate (senior bishop) of the Anglican province of South East Asia at a special meeting held in the diocese of Sabah, Malaysia. Archbishop Yong, 62,...

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January 1, 2004 Same-sex rite under fire

Stockholm Plans by the (Lutheran) Church of Sweden to introduce a ceremony for same-sex couples have stirred protests from leaders of other denominations, including the Roman Catholic church, two Orthodox churches and the...

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January 1, 2004 ‘Vicious attack’

Church leaders in India have blamed a campaign "targeting Christians" for the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in elections for legislators last month in the country's central Chattisgarh state. The BJP, which...

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January 1, 2004 Williams views damage

Istanbul The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, visited the site of one of two synagogues badly damaged in the Nov. 15 bombings in Istanbul. The attacks by suicide bombers killed 25 people and injured hundreds more. ...

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January 1, 2004 Churches break talks with ECUSA

New York The consecration of Gene Robinson as the first openly gay priest to be elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church of the United States (ECUSA) is complicating some of the church's ecumenical relations -- especially among...

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January 1, 2004 Centre ‘a model’ for faiths

Beit Jala, West Bank A new centre specifically built for dialogue between the world's three monotheistic faiths ? Christianity, Judaism and Islam ? has opened in the West Bank. Known as Abraham's Herberge, or Abraham's...

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January 1, 2004 Scrolls chronicle early Christianity

Amateur historians do not have to go to Israel to see the Dead Sea Scrolls and ancient artifacts dating from 3,200 to 1,300 years ago, which chronicle the evolution of Judaism and early Christianity. Select portions of...

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