May 1, 2007 India praises churches in AIDS work

New Delhi The Indian government and United Nations officials have praised the minority Christian community in the world’s second most populous nation for its dedicated care for those infected and affected by HIV and AIDS, and for...

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April 1, 2007 Religion no barrier for WCC tsunami relief project

The head of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has concluded a visit to India by laying the foundations for a disaster shelter and community centre at a Muslim-majority village in southern India hit by the December 2005 tsunami.

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April 1, 2007 Filipino activists seek solidarity

A five-member delegation of Filipino church leaders and human rights advocates traveled to Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa in March to appeal for solidarity amid what they reported to be a continuing rise in political killings in the Philippines.

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February 1, 2007 First woman priest

Rev. Christine Benoit became the first Anglican woman to be ordained a priest in the diocese of Seychelles during a consecration service at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Victoria on Nov. 26, the Seychelles Nation has reported. The...

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December 1, 2006 Nuclear protest

A grouping of Japanese churches and Christian organizations has protested North Korea’s nuclear weapon test but would like to see the United States have direct negotiations with Pyongyang.

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December 1, 2006 Asian partner falls prey to e-mail scam

Churches and their partners around the world are being warned not to fall prey to e-mails seeking cash and/or credit card information in exchange for a sizeable donation or in order to claim a prize or an award.

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December 1, 2006 Opportunities for church in China are ‘enormous,’ says Williams

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, said he believes that in some regions in China the percentage of the population attending church on Sundays is as large or even larger than that in most western European countries.

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December 1, 2006 Pioneer of microcredit movement takes home 2006 Nobel Peace Prize

Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus, who created Grameen Bank, which pioneered small loans to enable the poor to set up businesses, was awarded the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize in October. The World Council of Churches hailed the news...

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November 1, 2006 Women ordained

The first female priests in the (Anglican) Church of Ceylon were ordained Sept. 14 by Bishop Duleep de Chickera of Colombo at the cathedral in the capital. Rev. Chandrika Mayurawathie, Rev. Malini Devananda and Rev. Glory Jeyaraj were ordained.

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November 1, 2006 Colleagues suspect Filipino bishop’s murder was politically motivated

Bishop Alberto Ramento of Tarlac in the Philippines, former Prime Bishop of the Philippine Independent Church, or Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI), was found stabbed to death at his rectory in Manila on Oct. 3.A police report...

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