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Bishops from Africa, U.S., Canada coming to Toronto

Bishops from Africa, U.S., Canada coming to Toronto

This June, close to 20 bishops from Africa, the United States and Canada will converge on Toronto to engage in building better relationships between national churches.

04 April 2012

PWRDF and CIDA Begin 5-year $10.8 million Health Care Program

PWRDF and CIDA Begin 5-year $10.8 million Health Care Program

PWRDF is pleased to announce a new joint program with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).  PWRDF will contribute $2.7 million dollars over five years towards the $10.8 million dollar project that will focus on maternal and child health in 59 villages in Burundi, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

04 April 2012

New Anglican bishop vows to tackle corruption

New Anglican bishop vows to tackle corruption

Newly elected Anglican bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Rt Rev Dr Howard Gregory, never had his eyes set on the top position but has gladly accepted the opportunity to serve the people of the diocese.

02 April 2012

Indaba process leads to deeper understanding for local Anglicans

Indaba process leads to deeper understanding for local Anglicans

Anglicans from the Diocese of Toronto who participated in the Anglican Communion’s one-year indaba process believe it can have a transforming effect upon the church if it is used more broadly.

30 March 2012

Rise in Christians has China's churches, government looking for help

Rise in Christians has China's churches, government looking for help

 A small white chapel of Western design sits amid the high-rise residential buildings of Macau, a former Portuguese colony now administered by the People’s Republic of China. 

21 March 2012

Canada: Special government advisor announced

Canada: Special government advisor announced

The following announcement was made by Archbishop Fred Hiltz, the Primate, and Bishop John Chapman of Ottawa on the 5th March.

The Rev. Laurette Gauthier Glasgow has been appointed Special Advisor for Government Relations for the Anglican Church of Canada (The General Synod and the Diocese of Ottawa) while also continuing as Incumbent for the Parish of St. James, Leitrim, in the Diocese of Ottawa.

07 March 2012

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

Southern Cone Synod proposes one Province becomes two

The Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of America’s Synod has proposed that its Province becomes two.

07 March 2012

Anglican Priest victim of crime

Anglican Priest victim of crime

Months after he oversaw a cleanup effort after a thief or thieves ransacked the offices of St. Agnes Anglican Church on Blue Hill Road, Archdeacon I. Ranfurly Brown on Friday became the victim of crime in a much more personal way, when his Blue Hill Heights home was broken into and emptied of valuable items while his teenage son slept.

29 February 2012

Muslims and Anglicans unite to promote peace

Muslims and Anglicans unite to promote peace

Muslims and Anglicans are putting on a faith-based symposium in an effort to promote social peace.

29 February 2012

Cracolandia's 'fall to Hell

Cracolandia's 'fall to Hell

The Brazilian society is still in shock after the scenes registered in the old centre of São Paulo in a region known as “Cracolandia” (Crack City), where dozens of youth and adults, men and women, live in a permanent situation of death

28 February 2012