December 1, 2006 Churches ‘unable to understand’ fundamentals of journalism

Geneva Many church leaders do not understand what journalism is all about, while secular media are often suspicious of religion, says Portuguese journalist Antonio Marujo, the 2006 winner of the John Templeton Prize for European...

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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 Video game takes aim at hunger

The United Nations World Food Program has developed a video game called Food Force, designed to help children learn about the fight against world hunger. The French version of the game was scheduled to be released on World Food...

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November 1, 2006 450-year anniversary

The Prince of Wales shares a joke with Anthony Burton, Bishop of Saskatchewan (far right), at Oxford University, at a Sept. 15 gathering of the Prayer Book Society of England. Bishop Burton spoke at the conference, which marked...

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November 1, 2006 Open House

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) recently opened its new global headquarters in Toronto, having moved from London, England. Cutting the ribbon were Rev. Randy Naylor, WACC general secretary; Rev. Piet Halma, acting WACC board president, and Rev. Douglas duCharme, minister of Hope United Church, which shares its building with WACC. At a ceremony to launch the new offices, Mr. Naylor, who is Canadian, said, “In the next three to five years, we will be focusing on how journalists, advocates and spokespeople for community action groups can overcome cultural and religious stereotypes and build peaceful communities.”

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October 1, 2006 Pluralism a major shift in South

Geneva Latin America was once considered a Roman Catholic continent but is now characterized by a religious pluralism that can lead to hostile competitiveness, the main governing body of the World Council of Churches has...

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June 1, 2006 Illuminating work

Donald Jackson, one of the foremost Western calligraphers, is producing a complete handwritten, illuminated Bible for the first time since the invention of the printing press in Europe in the 15th century.  Mr. Jackson is...

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May 9, 2006 Former peacekeeper reminds Westerners of their responsibilities

It was after his speech, when he began answering questions, that Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire became most impassioned.

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May 1, 2006 Meeting urges more women leaders

Why are there not more women in leadership roles around the world, both within church structures and secular governments? That was one of the issues considered at the 50th United Nations Conference on the Status of Women,...

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May 1, 2006 Archbishop reassures Jewish community

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison recently assured Toronto’s Jewish community that no proposal for disinvestment from companies with ties to Israel has come before the Anglican Church of Canada, “nor is such a proposal on the agenda for consideration.”

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