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‘It’s about dignity’: Anglicans call for relief as U.S. blockade strangles Cuba

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 15:58:25 +0000

Alongside Hope, the Anglican Church of Canada’s relief and development agency, is working with the Episcopal Church of Cuba and other partners to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis.

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ACC-19 receives Nairobi-Cairo Proposals, calls for further dialogue

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 18:48:29 +0000

The 19th Anglican Consultative Council received proposed reforms to Anglican Communion structures as “resources for continuing discernment” at their Belfast meeting, which also saw the election of a Canadian lay Anglican to the ACC Standing Committee.

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Anne Boleyn as architect of the English Reformation: A conversation with Martha Tatarnic

Matthew Puddister — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:51:07 +0000

A new book by Canon Martha Tatarnic seeks to re-affirm Anne Boleyn as a founding figure of the Anglican Church.

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Canadian Anglicans prepare to weigh in on Nairobi-Cairo Proposals

Sean Frankling — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:20:28 +0000

The Anglican Church of Canada has convened a panel of clergy and bishops to study a pair of proposed reforms to the structure of the worldwide Anglican Communion, known as the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals.

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Companions of Jerusalem raise $125,000 to train pediatric rehabilitation doctor

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:50:40 +0000

Looking to help children in Gaza, the Canadian Companions of Jerusalem reached their fundraising goal in just seven months for a rehabilitation pediatrician at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre.

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‘Something holy is happening here’: Episcopalians mobilize against ICE raids in the United States

Matthew Puddister — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:46:18 +0000

Two stories are playing out in the United States amid ongoing raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting alleged illegal immigrants, according to bishops and clergy of The Episcopal Church who have participated in mobilizations across the country in response.

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Primate speaks out on plight of Palestinian Christians after Holy Land visit

Matthew Puddister — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:55:09 +0000

Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, visited the Anglican diocese of Jerusalem from Jan. 8 to 17.

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Cult of King Charles the Martyr reflects enduring political divisions

Matthew Puddister — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:20:58 +0000

A cult of martyrdom began forming around Charles Stuart—who, as reigning monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland, was known as King Charles I—almost immediately after his execution for high treason on Jan. 30, 1649.

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Church in state: Christian nationalism and the politicization of faith

Sean Frankling — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:18:23 +0000

The Rev. Lucia Lloyd, then of the Episcopal Church, watched the first Trump presidency with apprehension. Her friends told her there would be limits to what damage he could do, despite his discriminatory and hostile rhetoric toward women and minorities, but she remained concerned. One thing she found particularly horrifying, she says, was how many Christians were showing support for the administration’s most divisive policies.

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Communion’s future should draw on theological synthesis, say Canadian speakers at Atlanta symposium

Sean Frankling — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:14:00 +0000

The Anglican Communion must empower diverse cultures to express the faith in their own terms, balanced with the deeper truths that make the denomination unique, say two Canadian Anglicans who served as panelists at a November talk on the faith’s future.

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