ACNS Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/acns/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Wed, 18 Aug 2021 11:13:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg ACNS Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/acns/ 32 32 170042892 Primates meet in Jordan ahead of Lambeth Conference https://anglicanjournal.com/primates-meet-in-jordan-ahead-of-lambeth-conference/ https://anglicanjournal.com/primates-meet-in-jordan-ahead-of-lambeth-conference/#respond Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:17:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=162602 Primates from 33 of the Anglican Communion’s 40 provinces met in Jordan Jan. 13-15 for the last full primates’ meeting before the 2020 Lambeth Conference of Bishops. According to a communique issued from the meeting, the primates were “updated on plans for the [Lambeth Conference], both practical and programmatic. We discussed how the fruits of […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/primates-meet-in-jordan-ahead-of-lambeth-conference/feed/ 0 162602 Anglican Communion’s ecumenical expert chosen as new president of Thorneloe University https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-communions-ecumenical-expert-chosen-as-new-president-of-thorneloe-university/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-communions-ecumenical-expert-chosen-as-new-president-of-thorneloe-university/#respond Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:25:20 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=158571 Canon Dr. John Gibaut, currently director of Unity, Faith and Order at the Anglican Communion Office, is to leave his current role to become president, provost and vice-chancellor of Canada’s Thorneloe University. Gibaut will take up his new role on June 1, after the next meeting of the Trienniel Anglican Consultative Council in Hong Kong. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-communions-ecumenical-expert-chosen-as-new-president-of-thorneloe-university/feed/ 0 158571 Birth of a new mission as ‘shining light’ Chile becomes Anglican Communion’s 40th province https://anglicanjournal.com/birth-of-a-new-mission-as-shining-light-chile-becomes-anglican-communions-40th-province/ https://anglicanjournal.com/birth-of-a-new-mission-as-shining-light-chile-becomes-anglican-communions-40th-province/#respond Mon, 05 Nov 2018 21:28:30 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157274 The Iglesia Anglicana de Chile—the Anglican Church of Chile—has been inaugurated as the latest province of the Anglican Communion in a service of joy and celebration in the capital, Santiago. It had been part of the province of South America but was given permission to have provincial status after sustained growth. More than 800 people, […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/birth-of-a-new-mission-as-shining-light-chile-becomes-anglican-communions-40th-province/feed/ 0 157274 Episcopal and Anglican leaders respond to anti-Semitic shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-and-anglican-leaders-respond-to-anti-semitic-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-and-anglican-leaders-respond-to-anti-semitic-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2018 15:57:03 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157211 Presiding Bishop Michael Curry, of the U.S.-based Episcopal Church, and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby were among a number of Anglican leaders who joined Episcopal Bishop Dorsey McConnell, of Pittsburgh, in responding to the mass shooting at a synagogue, Saturday, October 27. Eleven people were killed and six more injured when a gunman shouting anti-Semitic […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-and-anglican-leaders-respond-to-anti-semitic-shooting-at-pittsburgh-synagogue/feed/ 0 157211 Iglesia Anglicana de Chile confirmed as Anglican Communion’s 40th province https://anglicanjournal.com/iglesia-anglicana-de-chile-confirmed-as-anglican-communions-40th-province/ https://anglicanjournal.com/iglesia-anglicana-de-chile-confirmed-as-anglican-communions-40th-province/#respond Fri, 05 Oct 2018 20:06:51 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157160 The Iglesia Anglicana de Chile (IACH)—currently a diocese of the Anglican Church of South America­—will become the 40th province of the Anglican Communion.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/iglesia-anglicana-de-chile-confirmed-as-anglican-communions-40th-province/feed/ 0 157160 Evangelism bishop says Church of England is ‘coming back’ to England’s housing complexes https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-bishop-says-church-of-england-is-coming-back-to-englands-housing-complexes/ https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-bishop-says-church-of-england-is-coming-back-to-englands-housing-complexes/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 20:25:13 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157124 The bishop who chairs the Church of England’s Estates Evangelism Task Group has said that the church is returning to the country’s inner-city housing estates.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/evangelism-bishop-says-church-of-england-is-coming-back-to-englands-housing-complexes/feed/ 0 157124 Anglicans join call to UN for more help to internally displaced people https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-join-call-at-un-for-help-to-internally-displaced-people/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-join-call-at-un-for-help-to-internally-displaced-people/#respond Fri, 21 Sep 2018 13:54:37 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157095 The secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon, has joined a number of Anglican primates and other faith leaders calling on heads of state to support the world’s 40.5 million internally displaced people (IDPs).

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglicans-join-call-at-un-for-help-to-internally-displaced-people/feed/ 0 157095 Episcopal Church of South Sudan’s Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang, killed in plane crash https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-of-south-sudans-bishop-of-yirol-simon-adut-yuang-killed-in-plane-crash/ https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-of-south-sudans-bishop-of-yirol-simon-adut-yuang-killed-in-plane-crash/#respond Tue, 11 Sep 2018 15:21:23 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157059 Anglican Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang, was one of 20 people killed when a plane carrying them from the South Sudanese capital Juba crashed into a lake as it attempted to land at Yirol Airport. Reports say that thick fog around Yirol, in the centre of the country, may have played a part in […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/episcopal-church-of-south-sudans-bishop-of-yirol-simon-adut-yuang-killed-in-plane-crash/feed/ 0 157059 World Council of Churches and Catholics map future together after papal visit to Geneva https://anglicanjournal.com/world-council-of-churches-and-catholics-map-future-together-after-papal-visit-to-geneva/ https://anglicanjournal.com/world-council-of-churches-and-catholics-map-future-together-after-papal-visit-to-geneva/#respond Fri, 07 Sep 2018 17:43:48 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157039 Ten weeks after Pope Francis visited the World Council of Churches (WCC) in Geneva as “a pilgrim in quest of unity and peace,” church leaders of different churches representing the WCC and the Roman Catholic Church are meeting in Germany this week to continue their task of “walking, praying and working together.”

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/world-council-of-churches-and-catholics-map-future-together-after-papal-visit-to-geneva/feed/ 0 157039 Archbishop of Canterbury calls for ‘fundamental reform’ of Britain’s economy https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-of-canterbury-calls-for-fundamental-reform-of-britains-economy/ https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-of-canterbury-calls-for-fundamental-reform-of-britains-economy/#respond Thu, 06 Sep 2018 18:00:13 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157031 A major research paper, co-authored by Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, says that Britain’s economy “is not working for millions of people and needs fundamental reform.” The report, Prosperity and Justice, argues that “a fair economy is a strong economy” and says that “prosperity and justice can, and must, go hand-in-hand.” The report includes a […]

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