May 23, 2008 Anglican-Lutheran meeting focused on mission and 'servant ministry'

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, said that “an emerging focus around mission” characterized a spring gathering of the third Anglican Lutheran International Commission (ALIC) in Chennai, India.

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May 14, 2008 Primate’s Fund seeking donations for China earthquake relief

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations for victims of the earthquake that struck China on May 12, killing an estimated 15,000 people and leaving thousands more trapped in mounds of debris.

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May 8, 2008 Primate’s Fund accepting donations for Burma cyclone relief

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) is accepting donations to be sent to its partners in Burma (also known as Myanmar) to help victims of a cyclone that on May 2 killed tens of thousands of people and left about one million others homeless.

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May 1, 2008 Religion and science are not at odds, says winner of Templeton Prize

Rev. Michael (Michal) Heller, a Polish Roman Catholic priest and cosmologist whose intellectual and religious life has been grounded in the insights of both science and religion, has won the 2008 Templeton Prize.

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May 1, 2008 Satiric Ship of Fools Web site celebrates 10th anniversary

A Web site that is possibly the most irreverent in the Anglican world, Ship of Fools, celebrated its 10th  anniversary on, appropriately, April 1 or April Fools’ Day.Founded in 1998 by two theological students who did not,...

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May 1, 2008 Game turns wordplay into food

Know what “palliation” means? How about “ternary,” “opprobrious” or “pelerine?” Playing an Internet game designed to test vocabulary is leading to huge donations of rice for the world’s hungry, according to the United Nations’...

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April 21, 2008 Canadian primate asks South American prelate to "stop interfering"

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked South American archbishop Gregory Venables to cancel a scheduled visit to Canada this week and “stop interfering in the life of this province.”

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April 21, 2008 Saskatchewan’s Bishop Burton to become rector of Dallas church

Bishop Anthony Burton, who has served the diocese of Saskatchewan for 15 years as its bishop and two as its dean, announced on April 20 that he will be taking up a new post as rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas.

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April 16, 2008 Anglican covenant conference draws international group, elicits varied viewpoints

Participants at the recent "An Anglican Covenant: Divisive or Reconciling?" conference, held at the Desmond Tutu Center in New York City, gathered to discuss whether or not the Anglican Communion should adopt an official covenant.

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April 14, 2008 Growing and coping in Sudan

Rumbek, Sudan – It is mid-morning on a Sunday in late March. The hot, equatorial sun is already warming up the day and still, an hour before the church service begins, the songs of praise are already rising above the enormous tree that provides shade to the hundreds of worshippers gathered below.

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