September 1, 2003 Church honours Namibian

TorontoA  dynamic Anglican priest from Africa received an award in June for social action and ecumenical work from the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Archdeacon Nangula Kathindi, the first woman ordained by the Anglican...

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April 1, 2003 Uganda apologizes for murder

Uganda Twenty-six years after the martyrdom of Janani Luwum, a Church of Uganda archbishop, the government of the Republic of Uganda has apologized to the church and the global community for his murder. The government has...

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April 1, 2003 Clergy arrested

Zimbabwe Anglican clerics were among 21 church leaders arrested in Zimbabwe Feb. 28 when they tried to deliver a petition protesting abuse of police power. The group carried three big wooden crosses and walked through the...

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March 1, 2003 AIDS in Africa

Mississauga, Ont.-Canon Harold Percy of Trinity church, Streetsville, Ont., was among seven Canadians representing a broad spectrum of Canada's church community who traveled to Africa Feb. 3-13 to "see the face of AIDS first...

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September 1, 2002 Primate of Kenya announces retirement after calling on Moi to quit

NairobiA week after calling on Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to give up politics and make way for a new generation of leaders, the country's Anglican archbishop announced his own intention to retire. Archbishop David...

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March 1, 2002 Griswold tours Nigeria

Lagos Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold of the Episcopal Church of the U.S.A. visited Nigeria for nine days in mid-January, leading a retreat for Nigeria's bishops - some of whom were not, at first, eager to receive him. ...

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March 1, 2002 HIV drugs provided

Kampala, Uganda (New Vision)-The Anglican diocese of Namirembe in Uganda will provide generic anti-retroviral HIV drugs free of charge. Moses Matovu, acting diocesan secretary, announced during World AIDS Day events...

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March 1, 2002 Sudan elects bishop

Khartoum (ACNS)-The Episcopal Church of the Sudan has elected Andodo Adam Elneel as bishop of Kadugli despite earlier attempts by a dissident group to disrupt the proceedings. Bishop-elect Elneel, is a former...

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March 1, 2002 'Aligned with evil'

London (Church Times) - Roman Catholic Archbishop Pius Ncube of Zimbabwe has criticized the Anglican church in Zimbabwe for not publicly condemning the violence and human-rights abuses perpetrated by President Robert...

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January 1, 2002 President attacked

Johannesburg (ENI) - South Africa's Anglican archbishop has attacked the country's president, Thabo Mbeki, for questioning the scientific premise that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) leads to AIDS. Speaking in...

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