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.
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.”
Moving forward with a plan nearly 40 years in the making, the diocese of the Arctic has announced the formation of a body tasked with redeveloping buildings on church-owned land into housing and multiuse community centres.
Five individuals have been named to receive the Anglican Award of Merit, the Anglican Church of Canada’s highest award for lay people. Council of General
A fired dean and rector at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Corner Brook, Nfld. says she has filed a complaint with the ecclesiastical province of Canada alleging that Bishop of Western Newfoundland John Organ violated the province’s Safe Church Charter after, among other things, revoking her license to practice ministry.
Primate’s commission to present ‘pathways’ for change in six areas to national council From March 7 to 9, more than 30 Anglicans from across Canada
Community music programs at Anglican parishes across Canada are responding to local needs and attracting growing numbers of outsiders with no previous connection to the
The list of nominees to become the next primate of the Anglican Church of Canada will be announced April 3, General Secretary Archdeacon Alan Perry
Church leaders call to make ceasefire permanent as Anglicans launch international fundraising campaign for St. George’s College, Jerusalem Updated with new material Feb. 19, 2025.
Five dioceses will elect new bishops this spring: Saskatoon, Moosonee, Montreal, the Arctic and Rupert’s Land. The diocese of Saskatoon will hold its episcopal election