The extraordinary Pastoral Synod convened by the Episcopal Church of Cuba which included delegates from women, young people and men from organised and non-organised missions, said the Church must develop a more communitarian character in order to carry out its mission in the current Cuban ecclesiastical and social context.
17 January 2001
More than 525 leaders of faith communities, including at least 45 Episcopalians, have signed a letter to President Clinton urging him to commute the sentences of low-level, non-violent federal drug offenders.
17 January 2001
It is a historical fact that Anglicans and Lutherans have no mutual doctrinal anathemae between them. Yet they have acted over the years as if they were separated by mutual condemnations.
11 January 2001
The Rt Revd C Christopher Epting, Bishop of Iowa, has announced his resignation. He will move to New York City and become deputy for Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations for the Episcopal Church beginning in mid-April.
09 January 2001
We have come together this morning as Lutheran and Anglican Christians, along with members of other households of faith, to celebrate the fact that, through baptism into the death and resurrection of Christ, we are limbs and members of Christ's risen body, the Church.
08 January 2001
In a vigil sponsored by Faith Partners of Ottawa, Canada, Anglican Bishop Peter Coffin and other Ottawa religious leaders have challenged the provincial government to match their donations after they pledged to donate their Ontario tax rebate to the poor.
02 January 2001
After ten years as President and Provost of Thorneloe University, the Rev. Dr. Don Thompson has resigned to take up a position as General Secretary of the world-wide body of Anglican Universities and Colleges.
02 January 2001
The Rev'd Charles Henry Long, Jr., D.D., a major figure in the world mission of the Episcopal Church, died 17 November at his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, after a struggle with lymphoma. His wife Nancy is grateful for any way this news can be shared with mission activists throughout the Church.
01 December 2000
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, will be among an exclusive group of international delegates to the White House World AIDS Day Summit and representatives of the denominational and faith-based development community in the US (about 35 people in all) who are scheduled to meet President Bill Clinton today at 4pm (SA time)
01 December 2000
Archbishop Finlay, as he will now be known, will remain the diocesan bishop of Toronto, carrying the title of Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Toronto. The ecclesiastical Province of Ontario includes the dioceses of Algoma, Huron, Moosonee, Niagara, Ontario, Ottawa and Toronto.
20 November 2000