Artificial intelligence (AI) has moved in recent years from the realm of science fiction to a part of everyday life, incorporated into everything from search engines to virtual assistants to generative tools and used in a wide variety of settings, including the church. One rapidly expanding use of AI is in autonomous weapons systems.
Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ says he will not follow recommendations from his provincial metropolitan, who found that the bishop violated misconduct policies, to re-instate a fired cathedral dean and complete the last three months of his episcopate on sabbatical leave.
The primate and all Canadian Anglicans should write to government officials calling for a full and immediate arms embargo on Israel, General Synod said in a resolution it passed June 29, along with a second resolution expressing “support for those in the Land of the Holy One.”
A National Youth Council to advise Council of General Synod (CoGS) may soon be a reality after General Synod voted June 29 to endorse creation of such a body and ordered CoGS to develop an implementation plan, as well as to consider a change that would allow for two youth members on CoGS per ecclesiastical province rather than one.
Hard questions flew at a special session of General Synod June 28 in which members asked whether the church could get out of its commitments to an $8.18-million, five-year lease for a new national office—the answer to which remains uncertain, General Synod’s chancellor said, pending the results of an investigation into how the lease was approved.
The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed three motions coming from its Faith, Worship and Ministry (FWM) department June 27—adopting and commending the 2025 Theological Statement on the Diaconate, commending a document on best practices for deacons and adopting a thematic stream of lectionary readings.
Council of General Synod (CoGS) will work with ecumenical partners to encourage the study of principles of accessibility and inclusion across the Anglican Church of Canada, including the tenets of disability theology, after General Synod voted for an amended resolution June 25.
The national office of the Anglican Church of Canada has hired an accounting firm to investigate the way in which a $9-million lease for its new Toronto location at 300 Bloor Street West—space to be shared with the national offices of the United Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church of Canada—was approved.
Having established a self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada, Indigenous Anglicans are now building on that foundation to further shape its ministries and governance, members of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) told General Synod on June 24.
General Synod has the power to live into God’s purpose for it by following his path even when the outcome is uncertain, retired U.S. bishop Michael Curry, former presiding bishop of The Episcopal Church, said June 23 as delegates in London, Ont. gathered for opening worship at St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The Anglican diocese of Central Newfoundland affirmed a new diocesan constitution at its 49th and 50th synods—held one after the other from May 30 to June 2 to satisfy requirements for two consecutive synod votes to enact constitutional changes.
The bishop of Western Newfoundland violated misconduct policies and should re-instate a fired cathedral dean’s license to practice ministry, the provincial metropolitan says.
Escalating trade wars amid unpredictable U.S. tariffs have caused a surge in shipping activity as companies seek to stockpile goods, and one of the busiest times in decades for chaplains and volunteers in the Canadian region of the Mission to Seafarers.
The diocese of Rupert’s Land has elected a Winnipeg priest originally from Zimbabwe as its new bishop.
Archdeacon Alan Perry, general secretary of General Synod, has taken a leave of absence effective June 3, acting primate Archbishop Anne Germond said in a June 5 statement.
When the Trump administration announced plans to close the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the U.S. government’s main agency for administering civilian foreign aid, a delegation of Alongside Hope staff were in Kenya—allowing them to see the resulting “havoc” firsthand, communications director Janice Biehn says.
The Roman Catholic Church’s first American pope is likely to continue many priorities of his predecessor, the late Pope Francis—including ongoing dialogue with the Anglican Communion—while striving for unity in an increasingly divided world, observers from both Christian denominations tell the Anglican Journal.
Anglicans are gearing up for the next meeting of General Synod, which is set to take place June 23-29 at RBC Place in London, Ont. in the diocese of Huron and will include the election of the 15th primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, as well as an update from the primate’s commission on re-imagining the church.
Archdeacon Ian MacKenzie, a priest and educator who championed justice for Indigenous Peoples over seven decades of ministry in the Anglican Church of Canada, died April 8 in Powell River, B.C. at the age of 90.
The Anglican diocese of Montreal has elected a Congolese Canadian and former Roman Catholic priest as its 13th bishop.