Motion on same-sex blessing withdrawn
Speaker after speaker expressed profound regret that the Cariboo synod had failed to vote on a motion considering blessing the union of same-sex couples. Resolutions
Speaker after speaker expressed profound regret that the Cariboo synod had failed to vote on a motion considering blessing the union of same-sex couples. Resolutions
Acutely aware of the eyes of the Canadian Anglican Church and of those of the worldwide communion on what is likely to be their last
The Diocese of Cariboo is expected to approve a plan to wind itself up during a synod Oct. 13 to 15. The diocese is being
Fredericton Until recently, the Anglican Church of Canada didn’t need to worry much about a communications strategy for the simple reason that the mainstream press
A New Democratic Member of Parliament has raised in the House of Commons the financial situation of Canada’s Christian churches over the residential schools lawsuits.
The federal government, not aboriginal plaintiffs, is behind many of the residential schools claims facing the Anglican Church. Tony Merchant, a Saskatchewan-based lawyer who represents
A year or two ago, in the days before the Lytton judgment, the idea of the General Synod going bankrupt was unthinkable. But as 2000
Put “money” and the “Anglican Church of Canada” in the same sentence these days and you’re likely to hear something gloomy. But not all the
The Anglican Church of Canada will appeal a B.C. Supreme Court decision that found the church liable for 60 per cent of the damages owed
Mississauga Money put in the collection plate this Sunday won’t end up settling a residential schools lawsuit against the church. Legal bills, court costs and
The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada will spend his sabbatical next year wrestling with how the church should remake itself to cope with
Told that some people suggest aboriginals should forget about the unhappy legacy of residential schools and get on with life, Donna Bomberry smiles. “We’d like
The Anglican Church has paid the victim in the first residential schools judgment against the church. The General Synod — the church’s national body —
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Janice Dillon delved into the history of Anglican missions in exploring the church’s argument that the federal government should bear the
One Canadian Anglican diocese may declare bankruptcy and a second is facing “grave” financial difficulties as lawsuits over Native residential schools progress through the courts.
Besides the somewhat dry legal discussions of vicarious liability and the relative responsibilities of the Anglican Church and the federal government in the victim’s abuse,
A Toronto-area priest says God has withdrawn his blessing from the Anglican Church, particularly because of its dalliance with homosexuality, and is letting it kill
Robin Neil Gibson, 45, director of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund since 1993, died of cancer at his home in Toronto on Dec.
Bishop William Gordon Legge, retired bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland, died on January 13 at Western Memorial Hospital in Corner Brook. He was
Newlyweds in their mid-40s, Fennella and Ray Temmerman each had built strong ties to their churches over their lifetimes: Mrs. Temmeran in the Anglican church
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