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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December 1, 2001 Sudan church thrives in midst of civil war

Archbishop of Sudan Joseph Marona says the civil war in his homeland has claimed more than 500,000 victims since his last visit to Canada about a year ago, bringing the total tally to 3 million dead. And yet, in spite of...

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December 1, 2001 Violence erupts in Nigeria

Kano, Nigeria Thousands of Christians in northern Nigeria were displaced from their homes and took shelter in police and army barracks following violence between Christians and Muslims in Kano City in October. ...

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October 1, 2001 AIDS gathering ends churches' silence

Boksburg, South Africa A conference on HIV/AIDS held here last summer, has forever wiped out the Anglican church's silence and denial surrounding the pandemic, church leaders say. The conference in August, marked a sea...

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October 1, 2001 African primate seeks debt relief to fight AIDS

Brisbane, Australia Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane, anti-apartheid activist and successor to Desmond Tutu as Anglican Primate of Southern Africa, planned to ask the Australian Prime Minister and Commonwealth heads of government...

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October 1, 2001 Tanzanian first

Bishop Mdimi Mhogolo of the diocese of Central Tanganyika, Tanzania, is flanked by the first five women ever ordained deacons in the country. The ordinations, approved in principle by the church a year ago, drew national...

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October 1, 2001 Sudan churches seek alternatives to war

Nairobi The Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches of Sudan have called for the government and rebel groups to develop a negotiated approach rather than a military solution to achieve a just and lasting peace. Bishops of...

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June 1, 2001 Bishop pleads innocence

Arusha, Tanzania Samuel Musabyimana, an Anglican bishop formerly with the Church of Rwanda, has pleaded not guilty to a range of genocide charges brought against him before the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda. ...

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