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Anglican Journal UN commissioner warns of 'major humanitarian disaster' in Pakistan

A doctor working for ACT member Church World Service-Pakistan/Afghanistan offers medical assistance. Photo: Ghulam Rasool/ACT/CWS-PA
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    Anglican Journal World Council of Churches leader urges Middle East leaders to put aside political agendas in favour of human rights

    Children from Gaza colour together in summer program organized by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan
    September 1 at 7:44pm · Comment ·
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    Anglican Journal Roman catholic bishops lead a green pilgrimage.

    "If you want to cultivate peace, protect creation" -- theme chosen by Pope Benedict XVI for the 2010 World Day of Peace: Photo: Richard Wear
    September 1 at 7:33pm · Comment ·
      • Dianne DesRosiers ‎"In 2010, the Geneva-based World Council of Churches has proposed to extend the Time for Creation until 10 October, so as to join a global civil society movement (www.350.org) that is celebrating climate solutions around the world on that... date." I like that ... celebrating climate solutions on October 10, 2010 ... The Time for Creation working cooperatively with http://www.350.org/. :-)
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    Anglican Journal Three new videos from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's first national event in Winnipeg, flood-ravaged Pakistan, and the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth gathering in London, Ont.

    August 31 at 12:24pm · Comment ·
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    Anglican Journal Manitoba youth finds inspiration to take home from the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth gathering

    Sixteen-year-old Avery Eramchuk was one of about 85 Anglicans who attended the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering in London, Ont. in August. She says the four-day event, the first of its kind and attended by about 1,000 youth, was amazing.
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      Anglican Journal Anglican and Lutheran youth hope to raise $60,000 to help 12 communities overseas.

      The Primates World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) and Canadian Lutheran World Relief (CLWR) have launched their first joint national youth project, which will help build communities in developing countries.Anglican and Lutheran youth, who gathered from across the country for the first Canadian ...
      August 27 at 7:20am · Comment ·
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      Anglican Journal Students now appreciate that exploring faith helps them to understand the world and become better global citizens, says the Church of England.

      "Young people are clamouring for a deeper understanding of religious perspectives on issues of the day," according to the Church of England.
      August 26 at 10:35am · Comment ·
        • Deborah Suddard While it's positive, I can't help wondering why the steady increase especially considering it coincides with the steady increase of Fundamentalism around our world.
          August 26 at 11:01am ·
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      Anglican Journal About 1,000 Anglican and Lutheran youth grooved to rock-style hymns and welcomed a parade of bishops with whoops and cheers at the first ever Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth gathering in London, Ont.

      Video: Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada National Bishop Susan Johnson and Archbishop Fred Hiltz join the fun at CLAY.
      August 25 at 11:10am · Comment ·
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      Anglican Journal The international response to the floods in Pakistans has been "far from adequate," say church-backed aid groups.

      Women and children displaced by heavy flooding take refuge in Sultan Colony camp, near the city of Multan. Photo: Evan Schneider/UN Photo
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        New YorkRoman Catholic and other church-run health care systems in the U.S. are more efficient and provide higher quality care than their secular counterparts, according to a new Thomson Reuters study...
        August 20 at 6:19pm · Comment ·
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        Activists from Canada, the Philippines and Democratic Republic of Congo are travelling to Colombia to take part in the Women and Peoples Summit of the Americas Against Militarization...
        August 16 at 5:53pm · Comment ·
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        Activists from Canada, the Philippines and Democratic Republic of Congo are travelling to Colombia to take part in the Women and Peoples Summit of the Americas Against Militarization...
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          As 24 Jewish, Muslim and Christian students from the Toronto area and Galilee region of Israel hugged, laughed and said tearful good-byes to one another, peace in the Middle East looked a little closer...
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            After more than nine hours in the water, high waves ended Thie Converys attempt to swim 52 kilometres across Lake Ontario to help eradicate polio. A parishioner of St...
            August 12 at 12:14pm · Comment ·
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            Geneva Somalia is a prime example of an emergency the world has forgotten, says the ACT Alliance of churches and humanitarian agencies...