The international Debt is an issue of social justice, freedom and life. More than 50% of the population of Latin America live below the poverty line. By the year 2000 the poor will be 57% of our population. Today, 44% of the population suffer from malnutrition. 54% make a living in the so called "informal economy", without any social protection. More than 10 million are unemployed
26 June 1997
A leader from the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) has proposed creating a bridge of solidarity between North American Churches and Central American immigrants who could be expelled from the United States under the new immigration law.
30 May 1997
Parishioners of both Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches have joined forces to build a single church in the eastern community of Arima, Trinidad, after 13 years of planning and fund-raising on the part of both denominations.
09 May 1997
The Anglican Church's national office hosted an historic meeting of Canadian religious leaders with the Hon. Allan Rock, Minister of Justice, to discuss the issue of Nazi war criminals in Canada.
09 May 1997
The Anglican Journal was voted the best national or international newspaper at the recent Associated Church Press awards in Chicago, Illinois. The Associated Church Press is a North American organisation of 178 publications with a combined circulation of 30 million.
02 May 1997
Two-thirds of Canadian Anglican bishops surveyed recently favour some change to their 1979 guidelines on the ordination of homosexual persons, but they have continued to uphold the guidelines "in principle".
02 May 1997
(Anglican Church of Canada statement). Background: The House of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Canada met April 14 to 18 in Mississauga. Since 1991, the House has been committed to reviewing the basis of its 1979 guidelines on the ordination of homosexual persons.
25 April 1997
The seven diocesan bishops and the primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (IEAB), recommended that Anglicans receive people of any race, culture, social class or sexual orientation with love.
25 April 1997
Four bishops have been nominated as candidates for the next Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church USA.
18 April 1997
While it may walk a little slowly, the Church is working on missionary transformation, according to leaders from the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil (IEAB). The statement was made April 10 at the end of a meeting to evaluate the Decade of Evangelism which will end in year 2001. The meeting brought together more than 70 Church leaders from the seven dioceses of Brazil.
18 April 1997