November 1, 2006 Day for Darfur

Justin Trudeau and Senator Romeo Dallaire (second and third from left) participated in the recent Global Day for Darfur rally in Toronto. Joining them onstage was Tragi Mustafa (far right), a refugee from Darfur and founder of...

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August 30, 2006 Ndungane will retire in 2008

Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane – a liberal African voice on the subject of homosexuality – announced on May 13 that he will retire as archbishop of Cape Town in 2008.

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August 30, 2006 Priest uses his HIV-positive status to fight stigma of disease

Canon Gideon Byamugisha, an Anglican priest whose remarks closed the ecumenical conference and brought about 500 people to their feet, is a living symbol of his cause: he talks openly about his HIV-positive status to fight the...

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June 20, 2006 U.S. church confronts painful link to black slavery

As the Episcopal Church in the USA (ECUSA) breaks new ground and forges a future with such actions as the election of its first female national bishop, it is also examining its 400-year-old past and confronting an exquisitely painful issue – the church’s relationship to black slavery.

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June 1, 2006 Archbishop challenges the West to act in Sudan

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams attacked the West for failing to break the cycle of violence in Sudan because of its selfish mindset, reports the Church of England Newspaper. A peace deal to end the 21-year civil...

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June 1, 2006 Dallaire reminds West of its obligations

Kingston, Ont.It was after his speech, when he began answering questions, that Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire became most impassioned. He was speaking here at an annual fundraising dinner for George Bruce, bishop of the...

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June 1, 2006 Bishops condemn Nigerian laws on homosexuals’ human rights

Niagara Falls, Ont.Canada’s bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing “grave concern” about proposed legislation in Nigeria that “would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and...

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May 4, 2006 Bishops speak out against Nigerian laws on homosexuality

Canada's Anglican bishops unanimously endorsed a motion expressing "grave concern" about proposed legislation in Nigeria that "would prohibit or severely restrict the freedom of speech, association, expression and assembly of gay and lesbian persons." Their motion also called criticized the (Anglican) Church of Nigeria for its support of the legislation.

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May 1, 2006 Left behind by AIDS

Charity and her two-year-old daughter Cynthia live in Kenya’s Mount Kenya Region. Charity, 21, has lost both of her parents to AIDS and has responsibility for her six younger siblings. She was one of many Kenyans who met with a visiting group of 11 representatives from the diocese of Ontario who travelled last March to Mt. Kenya central and Mt. Kenya east, along with three staff from the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund

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May 1, 2006 Churches seek end to stigma of HIV/AIDS

Canon Gideon Byamu-gisha, the Ugandan Anglican priest who became the first known African church leader to declare he was HIV-positive, says the world could be free of AIDS by 2025 if it confronts hurdles like stigma and inaction in dealing with the pandemic.

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