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Synod focuses on poor

York The Church of England’s General Synod, held July 6-10 at York, debated improving the health of the poor, the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak, financial issues

Former priest sentenced

Rev. James Townley-Smith was sentenced to 2 years in prison on each of three counts of indecent assault related to incidents involving boys at several

The human face of full communion

Waterloo, Ont. IT WAS a sweet moment – the human face of full communion. Lutheran pastor Hugh Farmer of Saskatoon stepped down from a bus

Church groups benefit from lawyer’s will

Reginald H. Soward, who earned the nickname “Mr. Anglican” for his years of involvement in leadership positions in the Anglican Church of Canada, left the

COGS members mostly new

Dorothy Davies-Flindall elected Prolocutor of General Synod Waterloo, Ont. THREE-QUARTERS of members of the new Council of General Synod (COGS) will be serving in that

On the threshold of glory’

ECUSA bishop Steven Charleston Waterloo, Ont. THE Canadian Anglican church is not “teetering on the point of ruin, but standing on the threshold of glory.”

Full communion approved

After the vote on full communion, both synods were presented with baskets of bread and two bottles of wine by one another’s partners to their

Virtual synod a success with viewers

Waterloo, Ont. WHILE the meeting of General Synod was limited to about 400 members and visitors who packed the hall at the University of Waterloo,

Paper may incorporate

The Anglican Journal is moving toward incorporating itself separately from General Synod so it can continue to operate if General Synod goes bankrupt. General Synod’s

Partners offer perspectives

Bishop Sebastian Bakare of Zimbabwe Waterloo, Ont. GENERAL Synod got both sharp criticism and complimentary feedback from its visiting partners – people invited from the

Second Essentials conference draws 600

Keynote speaker Archbishop Yong Ping Chung of the Province of South Asia. Langley, B.C. More than 600 delegates to the second national Essentials conference this

BAS approval extended indefinitely

Waterloo, Ont. The once-controversial Book of Alternative Services is here to stay. General Synod decided to extend “approval of the BAS until such time as

Sydney bishop elected

Sydney (ACNS) – Canon Peter Jensen, principal of Moore Theological College, Newtown, Australia, was elected archbishop of the diocese of Sydney in early June. Bishop

Fund for Aboriginals

Sydney (ENI) – The National Council of Churches in Australia’s executive body has recommended the establishment of a “healing commission” and a national government fund

Archivists ponder traditions

More than 200 historians, archivists and cultural observers from Canada, the United States and elsewhere met in Toronto in June to explore aspects of the

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