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Anglican Church of Canada elects its first female archbishop

The Bishop of New Westminster, Melissa Skelton, has been elected as Archbishop of the internal province of British Columbia and Yukon.

15 May 2018

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle ask Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to preach at wedding

The Presiding Bishop of the US-based Episcopal Church, Michael Curry, will preach at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

12 May 2018

Police investigate after bomb explodes outside Episcopal church office in Beaumont, Texas

Law enforcement agencies are investigating after a package exploded outside St Stephen’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont, Texas.

11 May 2018

President Trump’s “America first” policy denounced as “a theological heresy for followers of Christ”

Christian leaders including Presiding Bishop Michael Curry of the US-based Episcopal Church plan a march and vigil at the White House.

11 May 2018

Bilingual Eucharist to be celebrated in waters of the Rio Grande at one-day Texas border crossing party

Christians from both side of the US-Mexico border will gather in the River Grande on Saturday for an annual bi-lingual Eucharist service.

10 May 2018

South Sudanese in the US call on diaspora to join together “as a force for peace”

A group of South Sudanese expatriates in the US have met to discuss “obstacles and the foundations for reconciliation and peace-building”.

09 May 2018

Global Christian Forum urges Christians to take up the challenge of “Mutual Love”

A significant ecumenical gathering has called on Christians around the world to take up together the challenges of peace, unity and discipleship.

08 May 2018

Message to the Churches from the Third Global Gathering of Global Christian Forum, Bogota, Colombia

The text of a Message to the Churches from participants of the Third Global Gathering of Global Christian Forum in Bogota, Colombia.

08 May 2018

Canadian Anglicans unite to step up the fight against human trafficking

Anglicans in Ontario held a regional consultation last month as part of national efforts by the Church in Canada to ending human trafficking.

04 May 2018

Navajoland sees new uses for old hospital as Presiding Bishop blesses re-consecrated chapel

A mission serving a First Nations community in New Mexico is committed to renovating its former historic hospital building in Farmington.

04 May 2018