Anglican Communion News Service Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/anglican-communion-news-service/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:39:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Anglican Communion News Service Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/anglican-communion-news-service/ 32 32 170042892 CoGS ponders escalating transition to digital for newspapers, new mandate for Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-ponders-escalating-transition-to-digital-for-newspapers-new-mandate-for-anglican-journal/ https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-ponders-escalating-transition-to-digital-for-newspapers-new-mandate-for-anglican-journal/#comments Sat, 24 Nov 2018 16:10:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=157414 Mississauga, Ont. When it meets next July, General Synod can be expected to vote on a proposed “gradual exit strategy from print” for the Anglican Journal and other church print publications, as well as a revised mandate for the Journal that might not include editorial independence, after a series of votes by Council of General Synod (CoGS) Friday, November 23. […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/cogs-ponders-escalating-transition-to-digital-for-newspapers-new-mandate-for-anglican-journal/feed/ 1 157414 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 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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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/archbishop-of-canterbury-calls-for-fundamental-reform-of-britains-economy/feed/ 0 157031 700-year-old Bible returns to Canterbury Cathedral, five centuries after its removal https://anglicanjournal.com/700-year-old-bible-returns-to-canterbury-cathedral-five-centuries-after-its-removal/ https://anglicanjournal.com/700-year-old-bible-returns-to-canterbury-cathedral-five-centuries-after-its-removal/#respond Tue, 07 Aug 2018 19:52:08 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=156736 A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral, the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, some 500 years after it was removed. The Lyghfield Bible—named after the 16th-century monk who once owned it—was among a number of items removed from the cathedral’s monastic library at the time of the Reformation. The monastic […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/700-year-old-bible-returns-to-canterbury-cathedral-five-centuries-after-its-removal/feed/ 0 156736 Nigeria’s president meets Archbishop of Canterbury in London https://anglicanjournal.com/nigerias-president-meets-archbishop-of-canterbury-in-london/ https://anglicanjournal.com/nigerias-president-meets-archbishop-of-canterbury-in-london/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:28:54 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154989 The president of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, held a meeting April 11 with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and the secretary general of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Josiah Idowu-Fearon.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/nigerias-president-meets-archbishop-of-canterbury-in-london/feed/ 0 154989 Church leaders welcome Korean Peninsula peace moves https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-welcome-korean-peninsula-peace-moves/ https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-welcome-korean-peninsula-peace-moves/#respond Tue, 13 Mar 2018 15:58:12 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154629 The ecumenical body representing churches in Korea—including the Anglican Church of Korea—have welcomed news that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has agreed to cease missile tests, pending a meeting between the country’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump. The chair of the reconciliation and reunification committee of the National Council […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/church-leaders-welcome-korean-peninsula-peace-moves/feed/ 0 154629 Anglican leaders pay tribute to iconic evangelist Billy Graham https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-leaders-pay-tribute-iconic-evangelist-billy-graham/ https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-leaders-pay-tribute-iconic-evangelist-billy-graham/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 20:50:47 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=154231 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has led tributes from Anglican leaders to the iconic U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who died today at his home in North Carolina, aged 99.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/anglican-leaders-pay-tribute-iconic-evangelist-billy-graham/feed/ 12 154231 Recommendations on same-sex blessings from church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia https://anglicanjournal.com/recommendations-sex-blessings-church-aotearoa-new-zealand-polynesia/ https://anglicanjournal.com/recommendations-sex-blessings-church-aotearoa-new-zealand-polynesia/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2018 20:16:43 +0000 http://anglicanjournal.com/?p=153732 A working group established by the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is recommending that bishops should be able to decide whether to authorize a service of blessing for same-gender couples, using provisions already within the province’s canons for “a non-formulary service.”

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