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Archbishop Thabo Makgoba at the Anglican Church of Southern Africa’s provincial synod. Photo: John Allen / Anglican Church of Southern Africa

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Southern Africa rejects blessings for same-sex marriages

Gavin Drake/ACNS October 4, 2016

Events will include a service in Rome on October 5, jointly led by the Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Francis. Photo: Anglican Communion News Service

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Bishops begin historic Canterbury-Rome ‘pilgrimage’

Anglican Communion News Service October 3, 2016

The Exxaro-owned Matimba coal-fired power station at Lephalale, Limpopo, South Africa. Photo Credit: JMK / Wikimedia

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Southern African Anglicans seek fossil fuel-free investment portfolios

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 30, 2016

The Anglican church in Tripoli is “struggling to manage and run” with limited resources, says Archbishop Mouneer Anis. Photo: Diocese of Egypt with North Africa and Horn of Africa

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Prayer urged to keep Anglican church in Libya ‘alive and more vibrant’

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 30, 2016

A Syrian Army tank stands between buildings during an operation September 2013 in the suburbs of Damascus. Photo: ART production/Shutterstock

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Pray for war-ravaged Aleppo, asks primate

Tali Folkins September 29, 2016

The Anglican Communion has released a “tool-kit” to help Anglicans engage more deeply with the Bible. Photo: Dream Perfection/Shutterstock

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Anglican resources to strengthen the Bible in the life of the Church

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 29, 2016

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Off to Rome

Fred Hiltz September 29, 2016

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Welby issues call to prayer for evangelism

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 12, 2016

Members of the Archbishop of Canterbury's task group gather at the Anglican Communion Office in London for their first meeting. Photo: ACNS

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Anglican Communion Task Group holds first meeting to ‘maintain conversation’

Adrian Butcher/ACNS September 9, 2016

The new Women’s Mission Centre in the Shinyoungdong district of Seoul will be blessed on Sunday – the fruition of a two-decade-long vision. Photo: Anglican Church of Korea

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Two-decade wait finally over for Korean women’s ministry centre

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 8, 2016

A number of events are scheduled at St. Paul’s Churchyard, which was used as a relief centre for recovery workers for almost a year after the 9/11 attacks. Photo: Trinity Church, Wall Street.

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Services mark 15th anniversary of 9/11

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 7, 2016

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I was hungry and you gave me food’

Mary Frances Schjonberg, Episcopal News Service September 7, 2016

Bishop Barry Hollowell, retired bishop of Calgary, specialized in conflict mediation. Photo: General Synod Archives

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Former bishop of Calgary Barry Hollowell dies at 68

André Forget September 2, 2016

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Christians unite in World Day of Prayer for Creation

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 2, 2016

The route of the Dakota Access pipeline passes beneath the Missouri River not far from Standing Rock Indian Reservation, one of the largest reservations in the U.S. Photo: Jimmy Emerson DVM/Flickr

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Primate, National Indigenous Bishop voice support for Standing Rock

André Forget August 26, 2016

Selina Hassan and Novatus Hamim, of Tanzania’s diocese of Masasi, are among the recipients of the PWRDF’s livestock program. Photo: PWRDF

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Goats get results in Tanzania

André Forget August 25, 2016

The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil (Episcopal Anglican Church of Brazil) is part of an ecumenical coalition supporting Indigenous rights in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state. Photo: USPG

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Brazil’s Anglicans protest destruction of Indigenous land

Gavin Drake/ACNS August 19, 2016

Photo: Wikimedia/ABC

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Aboriginal Anglicans welcome youth detention abuse review

Gavin Drake/ACNS August 18, 2016

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba has welcomed a debate on same-sex relationships at next month’s provincial synod of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, describing it as being “overdue.” Photo: WCC

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Southern African synod to consider blessing same-sex civil unions

Gavin Drake/ACNS August 17, 2016

A rusting helmet lies on the ground in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Africa's Anglican leaders have expressed their "deep concern" that the continent has yet to achieve a sustainable peace. Photo: Abel Kavanaugh/UN Photo

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African Anglicans concerned by lack of ‘sustainable peace’

Gavin Drake/ACNS August 16, 2016

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