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(Staff) A PROMINENT Canadian evangelical scholar, speaker and author has been fired by a Christian university on the east coast after a lengthy invest...
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THE ANGLICAN Network in Canada (ANiC) has elected the Venerable Mike Stewart as its Suffragan Bishop
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He also had permission from the Commanding Officer to offer several Services, both voluntary and mandatory. This was before the new directive from the Chaplaincy General came into effect this past October.
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OTTAWA, ON – MORE THAN eight in ten Canadians agree that euthanasia and assisted suicide eligibility “should not be expanded without improving access to mental health care first.” That finding comes from a public opinion survey by the Angus Reid Institute in partnership with Cardus. The same poll also found...
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There have been many statements issued concerning the Israeli-Hamas war. We think this one from the Church of England’s House of Bishops offers particular moral clarity, especially in its openin...
NEW directive for military chaplains that came down one month before Remembrance Day could spell the end of open displays of religion in the Canadian Armed Forces. It will certainly limit them. Others...
A RECENT POLL of 174 living composers called J.S. Bach the “greatest composer of all time.” That would make Bach the Shakespeare of music. But just as the brilliant stage performances o...
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AN ALLEGATION of blasphemy against two Christians in Pakistan has sparked a wave of sectarian attacks on churches and Christian communities
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TWO women who were forced to parade naked through the streets and were allegedly gang-raped by a mob in Manipur, India were members of a Presbyterian church in the region
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Bishop Azad Marshall visited the churches and Christian communities who were violently attacked in Jaranwala. He called for an end to Judicial Apartheid through fair and equal application of laws betw...
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(Staff) THIS HAS BEEN a summer of smoke and flame as more than 1,000 wildfires burnt across Canada. It is the country’s worst wildfire season on record in terms of area burned. Wildfires forced...
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Following the election of Bishop William Cliff on April 29th to serve as the 13th bishop of our diocese, an allegation against Bishop Cliff was received by our Metropolitan Archbishop Anne Germond. Th...
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A NIGERIAN-BORN BISHOP who spent almost a decade as an Anglican priest in Canada before becoming a bishop in the United States has reversed his decision of three years ago and changed his diocese&rsqu...
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The Anglican Planet invited Bishop Don Harvey to reflect on the Anglican Network in Canada’s 15th Annual Synod which was hosted by St. Peter & St. Paul’s church in Ottawa Nov. 2-4. Bp...
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WHEN ONE well-dressed gentleman in Minden, Ontario selected a particularly ugly tie from his wardrobe to donate to St Paul’s Children’s Christmas Gift Sale, he did not expect to ever see i...
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FEWER THAN half the people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, according to the most recent census – the first time only a minority of the population has followed the country&rsq...
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RELIGIOUS COMMITMENT is declining in Canada, but there are hopeful trends as well, and much to consider for evangelists.
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DOES a mid-20th century British apologist have any relevance today for Christians who are trying to share the gospel? “Telling a More Beautiful Story: Lessons from C.S. Lewis on Reaching a Fr...
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, William Cliff, currently the bishop of Brandon, has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by M...
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WHEN HE WAS only five years old, young Joseph Ratzinger longed to become a cardinal – a dream he eventually realized. But when he was eligible to be elected pope, the elderly cardinal only wante...
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(Staff) WHEN the Church of England passed a motion in early February to allow prayers of blessing for same-sex couples, it sent shock waves around the globe and set in motion calls from other Pr...
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, William Cliff, currently the bishop of Brandon, has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by M...
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, William Cliff, currently the bishop of Brandon, has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by M...
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario, William Cliff, currently the bishop of Brandon, has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by M...
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Trial Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Transition and Affirmation, proposed governance changes and the reception of a document related to Abp. Mark McDonald’s resignation were on the ag...
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A PRIEST serving in the Anglican Church of Canada has written an excellent article on the current state of euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada and the churches’ response to it.
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario William Cliff currently the bishop of Brandon has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by Metr...
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ONLY THREE DAYS after being elected as the next bishop of the Diocese of Ontario William Cliff currently the bishop of Brandon has been inhibited in both the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario by Metr...
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AN INTERNATIONAL conference of Anglican leaders, deeply troubled by the Church of England’s blessing of same-sex unions, have rejected the four governing structures that currently hold the Angli...
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WHY have a coronation when one already has a monarch? After all, a British sovereign ascends to the throne immediately upon the death of his predecessor. Prince Charles became King Charles the moment...
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At its General Synod held in Calgary, Alberta, on June 30, the Anglican Church of Canada authorized “Pastoral Liturgies for Journeys of Gender Transition and Affirmation” but with the amen...
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Canadian bishops can hire priests from the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA), should they choose, after receiving clarity about what it means to bring in clergy who are “in good standing.&...
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The General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada met during the same week as the Special Convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canda (ELCIC), with a number of joint sessions for worship,...
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WHILE most Canadians were preparing to relax and enjoy the long Canada Day weekend, over two hundred Anglicans were gathered in Calgary, Alberta to study, debate and vote on numerous resolutions at th...
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This year’s General Synod has punted to 2025 two major governance motions that arose in 2019 — after delegates failed to change the marriage canon — including one recommendation that...
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WHILE most Canadians were preparing to relax and enjoy the long Canada Day weekend, over two hundred Anglicans were gathered in Calgary, Alberta to study, debate and vote on numerous resolutions at th...
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(Staff) CHURCH OF ENGLAND bishops have refused to back a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples
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(RNS) – NEARLY 400 Orthodox Christian theologians from 44 countries convened in the largest international conference of its kind in Volos, Greece on Jan. 12 to discuss huge questions facing the...
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THE INVESTMENT body for the Church of England has disclosed evidence of slave trading in its history, and has pledged £100 million (almost $164 million CAD) to a program of “impact investm...
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INDIGENOUS ANGLICANS in Canada have a new leader. Chris Harper, Diocesan Bishop of Saskatoon, has been named National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop and Presiding Elder of the Sacred Circle with pasto...
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HE SURVIVED a severe bout of COVID-19 when it struck him two years ago, but the Bishop of Saskatchewan has found its long-term effects so devastating that he is stepping down on April 30, the third Su...
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