
Victor-David Mbuyi Bipungu elected bishop of Montreal
The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop.
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The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop.
Several years ago, Emel was homeless, lonely and uncertain about the future.
From Jan. 29 to Feb. 27, Sarah Lalonde provided medical care at the European Gaza Hospital, a trauma centre located in the southern town of Al-Fukhari near the Egyptian border.
Anglican leaders have joined Roman Catholics around the world in remembering Pope Francis following the pontiff’s death April 21 at the age of 88 after suffering a cerebral stroke.
Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson has corrected a previously reported statement that no formal complaints have been made against any of the candidates nominated to succeed her as bishop of Montreal after being asked by the Journal about a harassment complaint made against at least one of them in 2020.
If God is truly the Almighty and the basis of our existence, Christopher Gasson says, then everything anyone can say about life and the world will tell us more about God’s nature—to the point, he believes, that “we can find God in works that are savagely opposed to God.”
Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson stands by the process to choose the next bishop of Montreal after four of nine search committee members resigned March 10, including the chair—forwarding their nominations to the electoral synod without endorsement and citing concerns over safe church policy and “limitations imposed by canon law” that might prevent them from protecting “the integrity of the ballot.”
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Video footage of all General Synods going back to 1988 and documentaries of all 11 Sacred Circles has now been digitized—converted from videotape into a
Canon Eric Beresford, an influential church ethicist and theologian and the longest-serving president of the Atlantic School of Theology (AST), died suddenly of a heart
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