violence Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/violence/ National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:03:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg violence Archives - Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com/tag/violence/ 32 32 170042892 ‘No, they weren’t in vain’ https://anglicanjournal.com/no-they-werent-in-vain/ https://anglicanjournal.com/no-they-werent-in-vain/#respond Mon, 01 Nov 2021 13:03:18 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=169252 The rapid collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government this year following the withdrawal of U.S. forces and subsequent return to power of the Taliban have prompted discussion about the legacy of the war in Afghanistan. Canadian troops were deployed in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2014, making the conflict Canada’s longest war.

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/no-they-werent-in-vain/feed/ 0 169252 Americans need Canadian prayers. They also need Canadian action. https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/ https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2021 15:46:29 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=166821 Three years ago, I visited the diocese of Quebec as a foreign journalist writing about the sometimes weird, sometimes wonderful world of anglophone Christians in a place where neither group is the social norm. During this time, I participated in a Lenten book study of A Canticle for Leibowitz—one of my favourite books. A group […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/americans-need-canadian-prayers-they-also-need-canadian-action/feed/ 7 166821 From the Primate: Lament and mourn today—and seek change tomorrow https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-lament-and-mourn/ https://anglicanjournal.com/from-the-primate-lament-and-mourn/#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2020 14:16:04 +0000 https://anglicanjournal.com/?p=164432 Sometimes there is a certain Canadian smugness expressed when we see the dire situation of our neighbour to the south. We shake our heads and express dismay at the level of racial violence that periodically emerges there while feeling a sense of relief that, of course, this does not happen in Canada. But it does. […]

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