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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 Rev. Vincent Solomon, urban Indigenous ministry developer for the diocese of Rupert's Land, gives members of the House of Bishops and their spouses a tour of the Oodena Celebration Circle at the Forks, in Winnipeg. Photo: Bishop Mary Irwin-Gibson

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Bishops shift focus from same-sex marriage to mission

André Forget September 30, 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

International News

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

International News

Off to Rome

Fred Hiltz September 29, 2016

Anglican Canon Alyson Barnett-Cowan, president of the Canadian Council of Churches, brings ecumenical greetings to the Catholic bishops of Canada at their annual plenary assembly in Cornwall, Ont. Sept. 27. Photo: Art Babych

National News

Finding consensus no easy task, church council tells Catholic bishops

Art Babych September 28, 2016

William Boushie, brother of shooting victim Colten Boushie, addresses media at a rally outside the Saskatchewan Provincial Court in North Battleford, August 18. Photo: Liam Richards/Canadian Press

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Saskatchewan community struggles with reconciliation in wake of killing

André Forget September 27, 2016

Bishop Rob Hardwick (left) and his son, Robert (right), with members of St. Mary's parish in Whitewood, Sask., one of 18 churches he visited during his "pedalling pilgrimage of prayer." Photo: Lorraine Hardwick

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Bishop raises $22,000 cycling across Saskatchewan

Tali Folkins September 27, 2016

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We are what we post

Jeffrey Metcalfe September 26, 2016

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, left, and Bishop Lydia Mamakwa, of the Indigenous Spiritual Ministry of Mishamikoweesh, during the opening worship at General Synod 2016. Photo: Art Babych

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Indigenous bishops criticize same-sex marriage vote

Tali Folkins September 23, 2016

After serving as suffragan bishop for six years and diocesan bishop for eight, Bishop Robert Bennett will retire November 1. Photo: Richard Bain

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Bishop of Huron to retire November 1

Tali Folkins September 23, 2016

Archbishop John Privett, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon, gives a presentation on the report of the Commission on the Marriage Canon in September 2015. Photo: André Forget

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Privett re-elected metropolitan of B.C. and Yukon

Tali Folkins September 22, 2016

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Where is faith rooted?

Rhonda Waters September 22, 2016

New clergy are ordained in Durham Cathedral in 2009. The Church of England is seeking to increase the annual intake of ordinands from around 500 to 750. Photo: Diocese of Durham

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Church of England needs 50 per cent increase in ordinands

Gavin Drake/ACNS September 21, 2016

The Rev. Chris Harper, who has served as rector of St. Michael and All Angels in Thunder Bay, Ont., for the past four years, has been serving as Indigenous native priest for the diocese of Toronto since September 1. Photo: Contributed

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New Indigenous native priest named in diocese of Toronto

Tali Folkins September 20, 2016

The Rev. Kevin Robertson was among three priests elected suffragan bishops at a synod of the diocese of Toronto, Saturday, September 17. Photo: Diocese of Toronto

National News

Diocese of Toronto elects first openly gay bishop

Tali Folkins September 20, 2016

Speakers at the 3rd Global Conference on World’s Religions After September 11, held in Montreal, September 15. Front row: Karen Armstrong, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. Back row: Arvind Sharma, Amir Hussain, Manjit Singh, Gregory Baum, Susannah Heschel, Deepak Chopra, Patrice Brodeur, Harvey Cox. Photo: Harvey Shepherd

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Religion scholars release declaration of rights

Harvey Shepherd September 16, 2016

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Atheists can be spiritual beings, book argues

Michael McAteer September 16, 2016

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