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Le Canada sera le th??tre d'une consultation historique entre des ?v?ques anglicans et catholiques r

Le Canada sera le th??tre d'une consultation historique entre des ?v?ques anglicans et catholiques r

Des évêques des Églises anglicane et catholique romaine venant de 13 pays se réuniront au Canada, du 14 au 20 mai prochain, pour examiner et évaluer les réalisations des 30 dernières années au plan œcuménique dans différentes parties du globe.

14 May 2000

Historic Consultation of Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops Set for Canada in May

Historic Consultation of Anglican and Roman Catholic Bishops Set for Canada in May

Roman Catholic and Anglican bishops from thirteen regions around the world are to gather in Canada May 14-20 to review and evaluate the accomplishment of thirty years of ecumenical dialogue between the two traditions and to reflect on how the special relationship between them has been developing in different parts of the world.

14 May 2000

Bankruptcy looms for Canadian Church

Bankruptcy looms for Canadian Church

The national executive of the Anglican Church of Canada met early in May 2000 in an attempt to balance plans for the future of the church against the possibility of bankruptcy for General Synod, the church's national body.

12 May 2000

Canad? ser? el escenario de hist?rico encuentro de obispos Cat?lico-Romanos y Anglicanos

Canad? ser? el escenario de hist?rico encuentro de obispos Cat?lico-Romanos y Anglicanos

Obispos católico-romanos y anglicanos de trece países del mundo se reunirán en Canadá del 14 al 20 de mayo próximo para repasar y evaluar los logros de treinta años de diálogo ecuménico entre las dos tradiciones y reflexionar más ampliamente sobre cómo esta especial relación se ha estado desarrollando en diferentes partes del mundo.

08 May 2000

Clergy couple reunited

Clergy couple reunited

Two priests who were serving in separate dioceses of the Church of Ireland are now living under the same roof in Maryland, USA.

18 April 2000

Students volunteer over 8,000 hours

Students volunteer over 8,000 hours

Over 140 students from the Episcopal High School (EHS) in Houston, Texas, spend two weeks of their final spring semester taking part in community outreach programmes.

18 April 2000

Opposition to "workfare"

Opposition to "workfare"

The Community Ministries of the Diocese of Ottawa, Canada, has refused to take part in schemes where those in receipt of government benefit are forced to work. The so-called "workfare" programme has been criticised for being unethical.

25 March 2000

Millennium sermon: One family

Millennium sermon: One family

In his sermon, Archbishop Tutu contrasted the "unending vista of pristine days" that stretches out ahead of us into the future, with the failures, atrocities, exploitation and abuses of the past. He recalled the suffering and injustices of slavery, apartheid, Nazism, fascism, communism, conflict and war.

11 March 2000

PWRDF Responds as Mozambique Floods Continue

PWRDF Responds as Mozambique Floods Continue

The Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has provided an initial grant of $15,000 to assist victims of the floods in Mozambique through Action by Churches Together.

04 March 2000

Canada: Speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Canada: Speech by Archbishop Desmond Tutu

I am very greatly honoured in being- asked to give the keynote ad-dress for this major international symposium: "Justice, Memory, and Reconciliation."

24 February 2000