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A commonly-held view that angels are souls of virtuous or much-beloved dead people is “definitely not classical Christian teaching,” says Anglican priest the Rev. Christopher Snow. Photo: Zwiebackesser

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Exploring the mystery of angels

Tali Folkins April 7, 2016

The Rev. C.K. Robertson, canon to Presiding Bishop Michael Curry for ministry beyond the Episcopal Church, and Rebecca Linder Blackly, the U.S. State Department's senior policy advisor for Africa in the Office of Religion and Global Affairs, play with orphans at Valentine Orphanage April 2, during a group visit to outreach ministries of the diocese of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Andrea Mann

International News

Commonalities surface as Galatians 6:2 participants share their stories

Lynette Wilson, Episcopal News Service April 6, 2016

National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald steps in as a guest worship leader with local clergy and musicians at the gospel jamboree. Photo: Allison Courey

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Anglicans celebrate 175th anniversary of Devon Mission

Allison Chubb April 5, 2016

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A pin and a prayer

Fred Hiltz April 5, 2016

Archdeacon Bruce Myers, the Anglican Church of Canada's co-ordinator for ecumenical and interfaith relations, thinks Anglicans and Mennonites have much to teach each other. Photo: Contributed

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General Synod to consider bilateral dialogue with Mennonites

André Forget April 4, 2016

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On becoming less self-absorbed

Wayne Holst April 4, 2016

Hereditary Chief Willie Good of the Snuneymuxw First Nation greets Bishop Logan McMenamie in Kinsmen Park off Departure Bay, Nanaimo, B.C., in traditional Snuneymuxw territory. Photo: Richard Pullano

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B.C. bishop’s 470-km walk a ‘small step on a journey toward reconciliation’

André Forget April 1, 2016

This July, General Synod will vote on a draft motion changing the church’s law to allow same-sex marriage. Photo: Tashatuvango/Shutterstock

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Same-sex marriage advocates form Facebook group

Tali Folkins April 1, 2016

(L-R): ELCIC National Bishop Susan Johnson, KAIROS executive director Jennifer Henry and Anglican Church of Canada primate Archbishop Fred Hiltz. Photo: Art Babych

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Church ‘entering into a time of conversion’

Art Babych March 31, 2016

Br. James Koester, who joined the Society of St. John the Evangelist in 1992, has served as brother-in-charge of the society's Emery House, an SSJE monastery in rural Massachusetts, and as deputy superior. Photo: Contributed

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Canadian priest to lead U.S.-based SSJE

André Forget March 31, 2016

(L to R): Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Major Shari Russell, National Bishop Susan Johnson, TRC Commissioner Marie Wilson, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald, the Rev. Karen Horst, Manuela Popovici and the Rt. Rev. Jordan Cantwell. Photo: Art Babych

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Churches commit to TRC Call to Action #48

Art Babych March 30, 2016

Finding the good isn’t an attitude one is supposed to summon up just for big, dramatic events. Illustration: R_LION_O/Shutterstock.

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‘Find the good’

ajadmin March 30, 2016

Belgians gather in front of the Brussels Stock Exchange, to remember victims of the March 22 bomb attacks in Brussels. Photo: CRM/Shutterstock

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After the Brussels attacks, despair and hope

Jeanie Keogh March 29, 2016

Andrea Mann, the Anglican Church of Canada's director of global relations, gives a presentation to Council of General Synod (CoGS) on the church's global partnerships March 11. Photo: André Forget

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Brazil and Cuba to be represented at General Synod 2016

Tali Folkins March 29, 2016

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Feet first

Jeffrey Metcalfe March 22, 2016

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God calls who God calls

Rhonda Waters March 22, 2016

Archbishop Fred Hiltz hugs Canon Ginny Doctor, Indigenous ministries co-ordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada, following the Mohawk Chapel service. National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald watches over Hiltz' shoulder. Photo: André Forget

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Church outlines steps to implement UN Indigenous rights declaration

André Forget March 21, 2016

Photo: Shutterstock

International News

The Easter story continues to unfold

Scott McLeod March 21, 2016

Meghan Kilty, the Anglican Church of Canada’s director of communication, says giving media access to church leadership is a key part of the General Synod communications plan. Photo: André Forget

National News

General Synod communications plan unveiled

André Forget March 18, 2016

Archdeacon Michael Thompson, the church’s general secretary, decided not to make the documents available, saying, “We have not developed a policy about how a not-public document becomes accessible to the press.”

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Anglican Journal denied access to CoGS documents

Anglican Journal Staff March 17, 2016

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