3+ week, 1+ day ago (314+ words) Pictured with Scott is niece Eileen MacCuaig (left) and daughter Lauren Fourney (right). Each October, the congregation pauses to celebrate another milestone " reflecting on the enduring legacy of faith, fellowship, and service that has long defined the church's place in the Glengarry community. This year, St. Andrew's commemorated 237 years of continuous worship and witness. Fourney also shared memories of his uncles, Lloyd and Robert Fourney, both of whom grew up at St. Andrew's and went on to become ministers. He recounted one of Roberts sermons, "Drill a New Well," which drew parallels between life on the farm and the need for renewal " reminding listeners that sometimes we must leave old ways behind and begin again. Concluding his reflections, Fourney highlighted two inspirational messages from St. Andrew's longest-serving minister, Rev. Ian MacMillan, who led the congregation for 35 years. His sermons, "Take…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago (1813+ words) Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque and celebrated Mass on Saturday on the second day of his trip to Turkey as he stressed the need for Christian unity. Leo was following in the footsteps of his recent predecessors, who all made high-profile visits to the mosque in a gesture of respect to Turkey's Muslim majority. Leo did not pray at the mosque despite an invitation by an imam. After the mosque visit, Leo met with Turkey's Christian leaders at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem. Later Saturday, he celebrated Mass before 4,000 faithful at Istanbul's VW Arena, where he appeared alongside Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew and appealed for unity among Christians and other faiths. This is the pope's first foreign trip. He will also visit Lebanon. Leo, history's first American pope, is expected to speak in broader terms about peace…...

3+ hour, 52+ min ago (1265+ words) Beyond its ecumenical symbolism, the visit signals quiet support of ongoing efforts to heal century-old wounds between Turkey and Armenia, long scarred by mass killings and decades of mistrust, observers note. An estimated 1.5 million Armenians died in massacres, deportations and forced marches that began in 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. Historians widely view the event as genocide. Turkey denies the deaths constituted genocide, saying the toll has been inflated and those killed were victims of civil war and unrest. It has lobbied to prevent countries from officially recognizing the massacres as genocide. Influence of Pope Francis lingers Pope Francis did not visit any Armenian sites during his visit to Turkey in 2014, but on his way to the airport before departing, he made an unscripted stop at a hospital where the ailing Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II was being treated. A year later, Francis…...