May 1, 2008 Eye hospital opens

Canadian donors, including Anglicans, Baptists and Roman Catholics, have contributed $800,000 towards the cost of a new $1.2 million eye hospital, inaugurated recently in Asuncion, Paraguay. The contributions, made through CBM...

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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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October 1, 2007 Aid sent for Peru earthquake

Action by Churches Together (ACT) International sent $48,747 from its rapid response fund to aid people in remote and inaccessible rural areas of Peru affected by an 8.0 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 500 people and injured thousands on Aug. 15.

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April 1, 2007 Council elects Anglican

The Latin American Council of Churches, known under its Spanish acronym CLAI, has elected Panamanian Episcopal (Anglican) Bishop Julio Murray as its first black president in a tightly-contested election.

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May 1, 2006 Parish marks martyrdom of 'voice for the voiceless'

Tears were shed, applause was heard and songs were sung to honour the “voice of the voiceless” among the Latino community in Toronto. On March 26 at San Lorenzo Anglican Church, hundreds gathered in celebration to commemorate...

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March 1, 2006 'Servant Jesus' alive in Cuba

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, the Canadian primate, in early February fulfilled his southernmost responsibility – chairing the Metropolitan Council of Cuba and presiding over the Episcopal Church of Cuba's annual synod.

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October 1, 2003 Jamaican churches deal with violence tourists never see

Kingston, JamaicaThere were 1,045 murders last year across this island nation of 2.6 million – one of the world’s highest murder rates per capita. The grim statistic may mean nothing to the tourists in the secured...

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June 1, 2003 WCC invites president

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has already been invited to the next assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC), which will take place in February 2006 in Porto Alegre. The WCC general secretary, Konrad...

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May 1, 2003 Priest hopes work in Guyana continues

This July, when Rev. Philip Rowswell and his wife Adriana close the gate of their compound in Georgetown, Guyana, and return to Canada for perhaps the last time, it will be with the fervent wish that another Canadian priest will...

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September 1, 2002 Mexican primate asked to resign

Mexico City Archbishop Samuel Espinoza, primate of Mexico and Bishop of Western Mexico, as well as Bishop Germán Martínez Márquez of the diocese of Northern Mexico, have been asked to resign after an audit of diocesan finances...

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