International News Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/international-news/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:35:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg International News Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/category/international-news/ 32 32 170042892 Companions of Jerusalem raise $125,000 to train pediatric rehabilitation doctor https://anglicanjournal.com/companions-of-jerusalem-raise-125000-to-train-pediatric-rehabilitation-doctor/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:50:40 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=215039 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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]]> 215039 ‘Something holy is happening here’: Episcopalians mobilize against ICE raids in the United States https://anglicanjournal.com/something-holy-is-happening-here-episcopalians-mobilize-against-ice-raids-in-the-united-states/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:46:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214922 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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]]> 214922 Primate speaks out on plight of Palestinian Christians after Holy Land visit https://anglicanjournal.com/primate-speaks-out-on-plight-of-palestinian-christians-after-holy-land-visit/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:55:09 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214698 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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]]> 214698 Cult of King Charles the Martyr reflects enduring political divisions https://anglicanjournal.com/cult-of-king-charles-the-martyr-reflects-enduring-political-divisions/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 19:20:58 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214616 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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]]> 214616 Church in state: Christian nationalism and the politicization of faith https://anglicanjournal.com/church-in-state-christian-nationalism-and-the-politicization-of-faith/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:18:23 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214432 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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]]> 214432 Communion’s future should draw on theological synthesis, say Canadian speakers at Atlanta symposium https://anglicanjournal.com/communions-future-should-draw-on-theological-synthesis-say-canadian-speakers-at-atlanta-symposium/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 20:14:00 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214343 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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]]> 214343 ‘The problem is greed’: B.C. priest reports back from COP30 https://anglicanjournal.com/the-problem-is-greed-b-c-priest-reports-back-from-cop30/ Tue, 02 Dec 2025 20:57:32 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214306 A Canadian Anglican priest who attended the 2025 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, found ongoing obstacles to climate action in the form of greed—but also inspiration in organizing by the Christian community and Indigenous protesters.

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]]> 214306 Praying for peace and freedom in Bethlehem https://anglicanjournal.com/praying-for-peace-and-freedom-in-bethlehem/ Fri, 21 Nov 2025 21:02:09 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214191 While Muslims everywhere know where Mecca is, many Christians are at a loss to describe Bethlehem as a city in Palestine, let alone one under siege.

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]]> 214191 Canadian Anglicans push back against cuts to refugee sponsorship, foreign aid in announced federal budget https://anglicanjournal.com/canadian-anglicans-push-back-against-cuts-to-refugee-sponsorship-foreign-aid-in-announced-federal-budget/ Fri, 14 Nov 2025 19:24:56 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214101 When Mimi Merrill fled to Canada in 2003 as a student and refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, it was 17 years before she saw her mother again.

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]]> 214101 Scholars ponder denomination’s future after GAFCON pledge to ‘reorder’ Anglican Communion https://anglicanjournal.com/scholars-ponder-denominations-future-after-gafcon-pledge-to-reorder-anglican-communion/ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:59:05 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=214054 In the wake of the declaration by a coalition of conservative Anglican provinces of its intention to reorder the Anglican Communion around itself rather than Canterbury, two Canadian scholars with years of experience in the global South take different views on how much the apparent schism will divide the denomination in theory and in practice.  

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