“Everybody lost a lot of friends out here,” says an Indigenous elder who gives his name simply as Dave. He’s sitting on a bench outside Holy Trinity Church in Toronto, where he has both relied on the church’s services for unhoused and street-involved people over the past two years and taken a leading role in helping provide them.
Bishop Michael Hawkins, of the diocese of Saskatchewan, says he expects to resign from his position effective April 30, 2023 due to health problems he has been experiencing since a severe bout of COVID-19 in late 2020.
In her address to the November meeting of the Council of General Synod (CoGS), Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, urged Anglicans to be gentle with one another as they face a time marked by challenges including the stress and exhaustion of keeping the church going through an ongoing pandemic and growing financial insecurity in some dioceses.
I’ve been a part of an Anglican church my whole life. My friends’ mothers tell me stories about how they changed my diapers in the
A selection committee appointed by the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) will begin interviewing eight candidates for the position of national Indigenous Anglican archbishop
The top concern of this year’s World Council of Churches (WCC) Assembly was unquestionably climate change, says Canon Scott Sharman, the Anglican Church of Canada’s
On Sept. 19, 11 days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, two Canadian Anglican churches delivered gifts of condolence to the Chapel Royal at
The Anglican Church of Canada should continue to focus on providing pastoral care to people who are considering medical assistance in dying (MAID), not on
Anglican Communion News Service With additional reporting by Sean Frankling Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has been chosen by her
Updated with new information Sept. 12 The Anglican Church of Canada will hold its memorial service for Queen Elizabeth II at St. James Cathedral in
Answers elude journalists asking about controversial early version Two bishops involved in preparing a controversial Lambeth Conference statement have declined to comment directly on how
“THE WAIT IS OVER. We are so beyond excited to announce the dates and location for CLAY 2023,” wrote organizers July 11 on the Facebook page of the Canadian Lutheran Anglican Youth (CLAY) gathering.
When it comes to Bill C-7, which expanded the criteria for medical assistance in dying (MAID), Dr. Jonathan Reggler is unequivocally in favour. “It comes
The Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF) has received more than $1 million to aid the people of Ukraine, with even more donations yet to be counted, says Patricia Maruschak, the agency’s director of partnerships and programs.
In his opening keynote address at the Lambeth Conference July 29, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby encouraged bishops from around the world to look beyond
In 2015, the Rev. Benjamin Stuchbery was considering quitting school. He was in his second year at McGill university and had just declared his major
In 2008, Deanna Thompson broke her back. While she was recovering from the injury, she also went through radiotherapy treatment for cancer which made her
Archbishop of Canterbury calls church to unity, not unanimity as three African primates decline invitation Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby invited the primates of
Updated August 12 “I read a lot of science fiction. I thought it was science fiction at first,” said Canon Herbert O’Driscoll when Canon (lay)
Residential school survivors’ reactions ranged from reconciliatory, to cautiously skeptical to calling for more concrete action as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby visited Ontario and Saskatchewan on a tour of apology.