Vancouver Seven parishes have withdrawn financial support from the diocese of New Westminster in the aftermath of its decision this summer to allow the blessing
Your September newspaper includes material on this year’s Anglican Journal financial appeal. The appeal’s success in 2001 means that the newspaper you are holding contains
VancouverThe guest list is under wraps, but later this month Anglicans opposed to same-sex blessings in New Westminster are preparing to welcome like-minded bishops and
Leslie Peterson Leslie Peterson, former bishop of Algoma, died of a heart attack on July 25 in London, Ont. after returning home from a visit
SeoulThe first three female deacons in the diocese of Seoul were ordained in May at a service in Sts. Mary and Nicholas Anglican Cathedral. At
MoscowThe Russian Orthodox Church has presented what it describes as evidence supporting its long-standing charge of Roman Catholic proselytising in Russia. The Moscow Patriarchate of
Columbus, Ohio The Presbyterian Church (USA) has elected a Palestinian-American pastor and outspoken proponent of non-violence as its new moderator. Meeting in June at its
here can be no question that the bishops’ meeting at Lambeth 1998 created a flashpoint in the affairs of the Anglican Communion. While it is
The directors of Practice of Ministry in Canada (PMC) magazine have agreed to stop publishing the quarterly publication following a decision by the Anglican church
Topeka, Kan.Bishop William Smalley of Kansas has told clergy that he will begin authorizing limited blessing of non-married people. This policy would extend to heterosexual
An Ottawa priest says he will bring a resolution to diocesan synod next month asking the diocese to approve the blessing of same-sex unions. New
Rowan Williams The choice of Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Wales, as new head of the Church of England, likely means that the church will
TokyoBishop James Toru Uno of the diocese of Kita Kanto in central Japan, was elected primate of the Anglican church in Japan, succeeding Archbishop John
Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster speaks to reporters after the synod’s decision on same-sex blessings. Anglican bishops, clergy and lay people of every stripe
Bishop Robert Bennett, suffragan of Huron Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk, currently a suffragan, or assistant bishop in the diocese of the Arctic, was elected co-adjutor bishop
NairobiA week after calling on Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to give up politics and make way for a new generation of leaders, the country’s
LondonArchbishop of Canterbury designate Rowan Williams, has given an early sign of robust political involvement by signing a statement against war on Iraq. The Christian
Parishes that used to belong to the now-defunct diocese of Cariboo in British Columbia met this summer to develop an organizational structure for a new
York, EnglandThe Church of England’s General Synod has voted to allow clergy to remarry divorced people. The synod said in 1981 that “there are circumstances
Dear editor, It was with surprise and relief that I read the text of a “Doctrine of God” statement approved by Anglican primates in April,