March 1, 2005 Challenge post-tsunami is identifying needs

Anglican dioceses affected by December's deadly tsunami have expressed appreciation for the outpouring of support from Canada but are requesting patience in terms of identifying what their needs are and how they may best be...

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March 1, 2005 Services focus on church unity

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams attended solemn vespers and preached at a service at the Roman Catholic Westminster Cathedral to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in January. The Week of Prayer was observed...

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March 1, 2005 Auschwitz a 'shadow' on EuropeÂ’s history

Warsaw/Bielefeld, Germany Church leaders joined heads of state on Jan. 28 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp in Poland.  "The silence of the victims of...

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March 1, 2005 Royal union to be blessed

The Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles will have their civil union on April 8 blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. London dailies have reported that while Prince Charles, heir to the British throne,...

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March 1, 2005 Rabbi mends fences

Israel's Ashkenazi chief rabbi has paid an unprecedented official visit to the headquarters of the Armenian Patriarch in Jerusalem in what is seen as a drive by Israeli officials to improve Jewish-Christian relations in the Holy...

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March 1, 2005 AIDS message 'failing'

Church leaders in sub-Saharan Africa, the region of the world worst affected by the AIDS epidemic, say they appear to be failing to deliver the message about the disease to their people. "We don't seem to be winning the...

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March 1, 2005 Making history

South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela appears in London as part of the Make Poverty History campaign. The debt forgiveness campaign is supported by groups that include Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Jubilee Debt...

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