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Presiding Bishop Elect Meets Press in Home Diocese

Presiding Bishop Elect Meets Press in Home Diocese

Frank T. Griswold III is not the first Bishop of Chicago to become spiritual leader of American Episcopalians. Two others, Philander Chase and Charles Palmerston Anderson, served as Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, elected from their posts in the Diocese of Chicago.

01 August 1997

Bishops Defend Rights of Homosexuals

Bishops Defend Rights of Homosexuals

Anglican Bishops in the Province of British Columbia have sent the following letter to the province's premier, the Hon. Glen Clark:

21 July 1997

Presiding Bishop's Address to General Convention

Presiding Bishop's Address to General Convention

Sisters and brothers, I greet you in the name of Christ--as your brother in the faith, with a heart full of thanksgiving for what has been, and immense hope for what is yet to be.

18 July 1997

Anglicans Inaugurate Clinic For The Poor

Anglicans Inaugurate Clinic For The Poor

The Anglican Episcopalian congregation of Bage, 380 kms. from Porto Alegre, inaugurated a clinic where 30 professionals, including doctors, psychologists, physiotherapists, nutritionists among others, will serve people in low-income situations.

04 July 1997

Conic President Laments Cardinal Ratzinger's Declarations

Conic President Laments Cardinal Ratzinger's Declarations

The president of the National Council of Christian Churches (CONIC) of Brazil, Glauco Soares de Lima, lamented declarations made by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who accused the World Council of Churches (WCC) of financing subversive movements in Latin America.

01 July 1997

Primate Speaks out on Cardinal Ratzinger's Attack

Primate Speaks out on Cardinal Ratzinger's Attack

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

Churches respond to expelled immigrants from USA

Churches respond to expelled immigrants from USA

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

Joint Anglican Roman Catholic Church in Trinidad

Joint Anglican Roman Catholic Church in Trinidad

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

Church Hosts Interfaith Gathering on Nazi War Criminals

Church Hosts Interfaith Gathering on Nazi War Criminals

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

Anglican Paper Wins Award

Anglican Paper Wins Award

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