The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has rejected an invitation to attend a joint meeting in April of U.S. and Canadian bishops later this month
Ten years ago, Tod Maffin was unemployed, living near Vancouver and fooling around with something called the Internet. Participating in an online discussion group, he
The Canadian Council of Churches, a major ecumenical organization, recently adopted a deficit budget for 2005 and is considering looking for additional sources of funding
The fund set up by the Anglican Church of Canada to pay victims of abuse in native residential schools has collected $13.3 million as of
Saskaoon When Rev. Michael Stonhouse, rector of St. James Anglican church, wants to use his own parish hall, he has to make an appointment. That’s
An Anglican church representative – Esther Wesley, co-ordinator of the national Indigenous Healing Fund – returned to a city she knows well, Timmins, Ont., to
Nearly 30 years after the Anglican and United churches broke off merger talks, the two denominations are again discussing closer ties – but a merger
The diocese of the Arctic will consider at its 2005 synod whether employees will be required to approve a statement saying, in part, that “homosexual
In the months since General Synod in June gave dioceses the right to retain or abolish their matrimonial commissions, just over one-third have eliminated them
Sociologist Reginald Bibby says churches are missing an opportunity when they do not make the effort to retain unchurched people who come to them for
Members of Niagara synod could not pass a 2005 budget. They will meet again this month for a special financial synod. Unable to pass a
Delegate Matthew Kett speaks at the diocese of Toronto’s synod on the subject of same-sex blessings. The diocese deferred a vote on the blessings but
The diocese of the Arctic will not be immediately electing a successor to retired suffragan (assistant) bishop Paul Idlout, said diocesan bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk. Candidates
In a victory for former students of Indian residential schools, the Ontario Court of Appeal on Dec. 4 ruled unanimously that pupils who attended the
A little-known group with an unwieldy name – the Primate’s Theological Commission – has begun work on a question put to it by General Synod
Anglicans across the country, in ways large and small, are taking the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa seriously and are finding ways to help. To mark
On Oct. 18, the day the Windsor Report was released, Anglicans heard many voices reacting to it — from those in favor of a church
Archbishop Andrew Hutchison fields questions from media during the fall meeting of the House of Bishops in Saskatoon. It was his first time chairing the
Rev. Andrew Wesley (standing) visits with aboriginal men and women on Toronto’s streets during his regular walkabouts. The Cree priest, who grew up in northern
The diocese of Niagara in mid-November became the second Canadian diocese to approve the concept of blessing ceremonies for gay couples, but Bishop Ralph Spence