July 2, 2009 Latin American church council says: Restore Honduras democracy

Democracy should be restored in Honduras, says the head of the Latin American Council of Churches, who has expressed deep concern about violence occurring in the Central American country.

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April 30, 2009 Remembering SARS, Hong Kong Christians pray for swine flu victims

Christians in Hong Kong, who experienced the deadly SARS epidemic that killed nearly 300 people in 2003, are showing their empathy with the swine flu victims in the Americas, by praying for them.

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April 1, 2009 Anglican churches in the Americas meet to talk about mission

Delegates from the Anglican Church of Canada recently met with their counterparts from other Anglican Communion provinces for the first Conference of the Anglican Churches in the Americas in Mutual Responsibility and Mission in San José, Costa Rica.

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April 1, 2009 Colombians ask Canada to walk away from free trade agreement

Four leaders of a social justice coalition in Colombia traveled across Canada for two weeks in February, warning Canadians that the free trade agreement that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe signed in November will make Canada a party to human rights violations and political violence in Colombia.

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March 6, 2009 Anglican Churches in the Americas meet to talk about mission

Delegates from the Anglican Church of Canada recently met with their counterparts from other Anglican Communion provinces for the first Conference of the Anglican Churches in the Americas in Mutual Responsibility and Mission in San José, Costa Rica.

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November 28, 2008 North America contributes to root causes of food crisis, says forum

Did you know that the same amount of corn that produces enough ethanol to fill the fuel tank of an SUV would feed a Mexican for a year?

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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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