March 1, 2007 Volunteer needed

A Canadian-Anglican volunteer, preferably one who speaks or is willing to learn Spanish, is urgently needed to be a part of the pastoral team that assists the bishop of the diocese of Uruguay/Southern Cone of the Americas. The...

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March 1, 2007 First woman bishop for Cuban church

Canada helped usher in a new era for the Cuban Episcopal church in early February when Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Canadian primate, participated in the selection of two suffragan (assistant) bishops for the island nation –...

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March 1, 2007 Canterbury comes to Canada

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, will make his first visit to Canada as Archbishop of Canterbury with a visit to the April meeting of the Canadian house of bishops in Niagara Falls, Ont.

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March 1, 2007 Agenda promises tense primates’ meeting

Preparations for what has become an annual meeting of the Anglican Communion’s senior bishops, or primates, heated up in January with news that three U.S. bishops – in addition to Presiding Bishop (primate) Katharine Jefferts...

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March 1, 2007 Jesus is a softie

The Holy Huggables collection, which includes talking versions of Moses, Jesus and Esther, is the inspiration of Cliff and Laureen Rockwood of Boston. They had been looking for a doll that would teach their daughter “basic values from the Bible.” Grey-haired Moses recites the Ten Commandments.

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March 1, 2007 Official’s e-mail leaked

An e-mail criticizing the Archbishop of Canterbury proved to be an embarrassment in late January for the Secretary General of the Anglican Communion, Canon Kenneth Kearon. The Church Times reported that Mr. Kearon wrote to U.S....

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March 1, 2007 Churches gather to promote unity among Christians

From local churches in Abbotsford, B.C., giving their offerings to a local drop-in centre for youth at risk and to an AIDS charity in Africa, to inter-faith services among church leaders in Asia, Europe and the Middle East,...

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March 1, 2007 Most couples marry in church for the service, not for the pretty photographs

More than half of those planning to get married in church say the vicar who officiates at their service is just as important a part of their wedding as the setting of the church for their photos, according to a research report...

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March 1, 2007 Church repents for slave trade

The Church of England, in acknowledging its involvement in the slave trade, will take part in an act of repentance by thousands of Anglicans, including its spiritual head, planned for March 24.

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March 1, 2007 A new reformation?

German Protestants gathered Jan. 25-27 in Wittenberg, the town where Martin Luther launched the Reformation five centuries ago, to consider how to strengthen the profile of Protestantism in Germany.

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