January 1, 2000 Creche project part of Bethlehem celebrations

There are nearly 80 of them, made of many different materials: rubber, marble or even silver. Every one of them portrays the tender scene - mother, father and child - at Jesus' birth 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem, according to...

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January 1, 2000 Bishops seek unity while admitting diverse views on homosexuality

Ten Anglican bishops from around the world, including Terence Finlay, Bishop of Toronto, met recently to begin talks aimed at bridging the wide gulf over views on homosexuality in the Anglican Communion. The Episcopal...

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January 1, 2000 Canadians turn attention to Sudan's civil war

Sudan is one of the most war-shattered countries in the world but until recently, few Canadians likely cared or knew much about Africa's largest country. As Canadian media have recently focused on two Sudanese issues ? the...

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January 1, 2000 Closer relations sought for Christians, Muslims

Amman, Jordan The Archbishop of Canterbury wants to see closer relations at a "senior level" between Muslims and Christians in the hope of bringing peace to religious hot spots in the world. In an interview following his...

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January 1, 2000 Jerusalem sacred for Palestinians, king says

Amman, Jordan Jerusalem must be the capital city for Palestine as well as Israel, King Abdullah of Jordan told delegates at the World Conference on Religion and Peace. "Jerusalem is too sacred and too symbolic for it to...

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January 1, 2000 Mandela praises role of religion

Cape Town Without South Africa's religious institutions, former president Nelson Mandela said he would not be where he is today. Mr. Mandela was the star speaker at the eight-day Parliament of the World's Religions which...

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January 1, 2000 Work harder to promote peace: Dalai Lama

Cape Town The world's religions must make a greater effort to promote basic human values, the Dalai Lama said during the Parliament of the World's Religions. The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet's Buddhists,...

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January 1, 2000 United Nations to host first-ever spiritual summit next year

Cape Town A "spiritual summit" bringing together 1,000 of the world's religious and spiritual leaders is being organized by the United Nations for next August ? the first such gathering in the UN's 54-year history. The...

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January 1, 2000 Students cash-strapped

Many students at a Haitian university started by a former Canadian Volunteer in Mission can't pay their tuition past the first year. Rev. Benoit Cherisol, the new president of the renamed Episcopal University of Haiti,...

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January 1, 2000 Orthodox-Anglican dialogue continues

(ACNS) - The International Commission of the Anglican-Orthodox Theological Dialogue continued its series of meetings in Salisbury, England in October. The Commission is composed of representatives of the Orthodox Churches...

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