A veiled Muslim woman walks along a road in the town in Blackburn, northern England. Negative sentiments against Muslims and Jews are on the rise
A conference poster shows an image of an Indian residential school classroom. Montreal Academics who gathered here recently for an international conference on Canada’s Truth
Four more Canadian congregations have voted to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and to be under the episcopal oversight of Bishop Donald Harvey, moderator
Niagara Falls, Ont. Annie Kashamura-Zawadi arrived in Toronto with her five children, aged between 9 and 19, on Oct. 6, 1999. She only had $20
The assembly of the Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior (APCI) has requested its bishop, Gordon Light, to allow clergy whose conscience permits to bless
Directors at the General Synod office have been asked to slash $1.3 million from the 2009 budget, a move designed to break a recurring pattern
(L to R): Archbishop Ted Scott, former primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and Hugh McCullum, former editor of the Canadian Churchman, at the
Rev. Andrew Wesley, an Anglican priest who is Cree and who attended two residential schools for 11 years, will hear the stories of former students, along with two other members of the commission created by a Toronto native group.
Academics who gathered here recently for an international conference on Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have cautioned Canadians against looking at the TRC as the final stage in the reconciliation with aboriginal people harmed by the 150-year legacy of forced assimilation through the Indian residential schools.
The Canadian house of bishops will discuss this month how best to respond to renewed proposals for moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions, the
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams attempts to bridge both sides of the issue. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has acknowledged that, while “a strong
When conservative Anglicans gathered in Jerusalem in June to attend the Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) they decided against formally breaking away from the Anglican
Seventeen former clergy and former lay leaders of three parishes on Sept. 9 filed a lawsuit against the diocese of New Westminster and its bishop,
The Canadian house of bishops will discuss next month how best to respond to renewed proposals for a moratoria on the blessing of same-sex unions,
ELCIC national bishop Susan Johnson (left), Archbishop Fred Hiltz, and Rev. Canon John Gibaut of the World Council of Churches. Canterbury, England The world changed
Canterbury, England Bishops of the Anglican Communion ended their conference with a statement saying that “there were many positive responses to the idea of a
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams reminds bishops gathered for a retreat at historic Canterbury Cathedral that the Lambeth Conference has traditionally been “a place where
Dr. Maria Akrofi, a medical doctor who is married to Archbishop Justice Akrofi, primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa, called attention
David Walker’s cartoons were a hit among bishops who regularly visited his tent. Canterbury, EnglandDave Walker’s hair is a wacky mass of curls. His sense
Canterbury, EnglandWhile much attention has been given to how the world’s Anglican bishops have sought ways of mending relationships fractured by deep divisions over homosexuality,