If the Anglican Church of Canada can institute a non-geographic province for aboriginal Anglicans, why can’t it do so for others? New indigenous province proposed The Governance Working Group (GWG) is proposing the creation of a new ecclesiastical province that would allow the Anglican Church of Canada’s indigenous members to govern themselves and achieve “self-determination, [...]

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How silly of me! Primate joins City for Life in call for abolition of death penaltyMore than 100 people, including Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, braved a cold, rainy night in Toronto to make the city a “City for Life,” one of eight in Canada and more than 900 worldwide. [...]

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From the Journal Bishop Michael Ingham of the diocese of New Westminster says that four more parishes in his diocese have indicated through votes of their vestry meetings that they would like to become places of same-sex blessings. Bishop Michael Bird of the diocese of Niagara said he did not support the moratorium and he [...]

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The Editorial from the December Anglican Journal PEACE on earth, and a moratorium. As we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, the great reconciler, we also live with the daily reality that reconciliation within the Anglican Church of Canada seems tentative at best. We have churches at both ends of the theological spectrum straining any [...]

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This is exactly what many of us have been predicting would happen for years. It would be interesting to hear anyone from the Diocese of Niagara explain why they think that things would be different there. The Diocese of New Westminster has discontinued Sunday services in the building vacated in 2005 by the congregation of [...]

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