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Government rules on ‘Anglican’ name

Corporations Canada, a federal agency that regulates corporate names, on Sept. 12 ordered a group of dissident churches to stop using the name “Anglican Communion

Pension plan sees changes

Mississauga, Ont.The Anglican Church of Canada’s $519 million pension fund is financially healthy, but membership is aging and this is a source of concern for

No decision on unions

A diocese of Ottawa task force set up three years ago to study the implications of the blessing of same-sex unions did not recommend any

Priest charged

The East Algoma division of the Ontario Provincial Police, based in Elliot Lake, Ont., on Oct. 24 charged a former Anglican priest, Kenneth Graham Gibbs,

Legal advisers examine common canon laws

Members of the Anglican Communion Legal Advisers’ Network met recently in Toronto to review a draft document prepared in 2002, which outlined a “statement of

Instruments of unity

The Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams and Archbishop Robin Eames, primate of All Ireland, have called the worldwide Mother’s Union (MU) the “fifth instrument of

Areas chosen for pilot finance program

The dioceses of Western Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Fredericton, Ottawa, Edmonton and Rupert’s Land have been chosen as pilot areas for Letting

Feeding the multitudes

John Sentamu, Britain’s first black archbishop, chose to offer refreshment to the whole congregation, instead of providing a hot meal for a few notables, following

ACIP refines idea of indigenous bishop

The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP), at its regular fall meeting, took several steps toward developing and supporting an office for a national indigenous

Shared service

Archbishop Andrew Hutchison (right), the Anglican primate, presided at his first Lutheran eucharist at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in Kitchener, Ont., on Oct. 30, Reformation

Settlement fund still on target

The Anglican Church of Canada’s Indian residential schools settlement fund, with a goal of $25 million, remains on target, having collected $16.8 million as of

Qu’Appelle elects dean of Edmonton

Kerr-Wilson Dean Gregory Kerr-Wilson, 43, rector of All Saints’ Cathedral in Edmonton and dean of the diocese of Edmonton, was elected bishop of the Regina-based

Hindus protest Yule stamp

The postage stamp’s image illustrates the Madonna and Child theme. London Britain’s Royal Mail postal service has apologized after the country’s Hindu Forum called for

Do you see what I see?

Artist Laura Smith reinterprets the Nativity story in her work entitled “…and she wrapped him in swaddling clothes.” She comments that Jesus is with us

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