July 28, 2006 Primate’s Fund sends aid for Lebanese civilians

The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF), the relief and development arm of the Anglican Church of Canada, has sent $25,000 in response to an appeal made by a global alliance of churches sending relief to civilians...

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July 23, 2006 Church leaders call for ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has urged Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other Canadian leaders to remember Canada’s “proud history of peaceful intervention” and seek ways to help end the...

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May 1, 2006 Freed hostage felt 'entombed' in Iraq

Freed Canadian peace activist James Loney referred to the Easter story when he likened his four-month captivity in Iraq to being entombed. “My captivity and rescue have helped me to catch a glimpse of how powerful the force...

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April 7, 2006 Primate 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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April 1, 2006 Rabbis' group wins Japanese peace prize

Rabbis for Human Rights of Israel, a Jerusalem-based organization that promotes peace and social justice for Israelis and Palestinians, is to be awarded the 23rd Niwano Peace Prize, the Japan-based Niwano Peace Foundation has announced.

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April 1, 2006 U.S. church leaders slam Iraq war

A group of religious leaders from the United States has issued a public letter criticizing the war in Iraq and acknowledging their churches’ inability to stop it.

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April 1, 2006 WCC deplores Muhammad cartoons

The World Council of Churches has deplored the publication of cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Muhammad, and urged its members to join in non-violent protests with those experiencing attacks on their religion.

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April 1, 2006 Former hostage Waite offers help to captives' families

Terry Waite, who successfully negotiated the release of hostages in Iran and Libya and himself became a hostage in 1987 while negotiating the release of hostages in Beirut, has offered his help to the families of two Canadian...

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March 23, 2006 Families elated at rescue of hostages

“Oh, what a joyful day this is!” said a statement released March 23 by the family of Canadian James Loney, upon receiving news today that he, along with two other peace activists held hostage in Iraq for almost four months, had been freed after a multinational military operation involving Canadian, British, American and Iraqi forces.

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March 1, 2006 Vigils continue for hostages

The anti-war group Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) said it was "grateful and heartened" to see new video footage of the four peace activists who have been held captive in Iraq since Nov. 26 and expressed the hope that they...

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