Solange DeSantis

  • Solange DeSantis

    Solange De Santis was a reporter for the Anglican Journal from 2000 to 2008.

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Still no agreement with government

Church leaders met in March with Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray and his aides – another in a series of meetings aimed at resolving the

A partnership, not a merger

AT A RECENT bishops’ meeting near Toronto, irrepressible Bishop Ann Tottenham of Toronto, explaining she was “dead keen on Lutherans,” asked whether Anglicans couldn’t do

Sudan war criticized

Mother and child wait at a church-run feeding centre in April in Jebel Aulia displaced persons camp outside Khartoum, Sudan. A group of Canadian church

Appeal down, relief funding up

Donations to the national church’s main appeal declined, but givings to its relief and development agency were up in 2000. Officials at the Anglican Appeal

Journalism a ministry for western priest

Archdeacon Portman: a writerly priest with ink still in his pen. When Archdeacon William Gordon Portman, generally known as Bill, attends General Synod 2001 as

Western Newfoundland: hope amid challenges

Bishop Leonard Whitten In the course of being interviewed for this profile of the diocese of Western Newfoundland, Bishop Leonard Whitten summed up the diocese

Church to be ‘out of cash’ in 2001

Mississauga, Ont. The national church’s financial situation continues to deteriorate as talks with the federal government about the residential schools crisis move at a disappointingly

Synod to focus on planning for future

The 21st century’s first General Synod will consider the future of the Anglican Church of Canada in light of the residential schools crisis, relations with

Sexuality still at issue

Thirty-four of the Anglican Communion’s 38 primates gathered at the Kanuga Conference Centre in North Carolina last month. As at their meeting last year, homosexuality

Parish in Ottawa protests to PM

The possibility that the Anglican Church of Canada might have to pay Ottawa $95 million to be released from residential schools claims has at least

Native people seek a ‘new partnership’

Council of General Synod members meeting in Mississauga, Ont., share a light moment during a break in the proceedings. Mississauga, Ont. Should the Anglican Church

Ottawa, churches discussing financial terms

The residential schools crisis has moved closer to resolution with reports that the federal government is considering assuming at least $2 billion in legal costs

Saskatoon balances urban and rural tensions

SASKATOON doesn’t cover a particularly large area, compared to some of its fellow dioceses, but one of Archbishop Thomas Morgan’s toughest challenges has been creating

Jubilee gains native ally

AFN Leader Matthew Conn Come Matthew Coon Come, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), has signed an ecumenical petition calling upon the

Costs of litigation yield 2001 deficit

Mississauga, Ont. The national church expects to continue grappling with financial difficulties in 2001 despite a year that saw staff layoffs and spending cuts in

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