Worldwide Faith News

Summer 2013 will be a season of landmarks for Canadians committed to truth, reconciliation, and equity between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples. June 11 is the fifth anniversary of the prime minister's apology for residential schools, and Aug. 6 is the twentieth anniversary of the Anglican Church of Canada's apology for residential schools.

Canadian Anglicans are reflecting on what progress has been made since then—within our culture and within our...

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For most of us, a safe water supply is as Canadian as medicare and the cultural mosaic. But for many indigenous people, clean water is a far cry from reality.

Being part of the worldwide Anglican Communion means sharing the joy and pain of other churches—even when they're halfway across the world.

Solidarity was the main motivation for Dr. Andrea Mann, General Synod's coordinator for Global Relations, when she attended the second Worldwide Anglican Peace Conference in Okinawa, Japan, April 16 to 22.

The conference was "worldwide" in that it was open to international participants. Yet the focus was on the domestic...

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When Michael Ingham, bishop of the diocese of New Westminster, begins his retirement at the end of August this year, it will be the denouement of the 20-year career of one of the Anglican Church of Canada's longest-serving and most controversial...

Ever wondered how to start making your creaky, leaky, drafty church building more environmentally friendly?

Until May 31, Canadian Anglican congregations can apply for grants of up to $1,000 to subsidize a green building audit—a process that will help churches identify which areas of their buildings need to become more energy efficient.

St. Luke's, Ottawa, is one of several churches that has already done an audit. In 2012, a group of parishioners spent a day...

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has joined religious leaders from G8 countries in calling heads of government to fulfill existing commitments to spend 0.7% of national income on aid. The letter, published in the Financial Times, notes that 1000 days remain to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline.

The faith leaders argue that the UK presidency of the G8 has the potential to advance the MDG agenda to strike at the...