This website is best viewed with CSS and JavaScript enabled.

Home > Americas

News Stories


Americas

Diocese of British Colombia urges Canadian government to let in more refugees

The Anglican diocese of British Columbia has called on the government of Canada to increase its targets for refugee resettlement to allow at least 7,000 more refugees to enter the country this year.

10 February 2017

US-based Episcopal Church pledges continuing support for pipeline protest

The US-based Episcopal Church’s Executive Council has reaffirmed its support for the Sioux people of Standing Rock as they protest against the construction of a major oil pipeline through ancient burial grounds and the Missouri River.

09 February 2017

Episcopal Church holds the first of six "Revivals" taking place nationwide

The Episcopal Church in the United States has held the first of six “Revivals” being planned with diocesan teams in different cities around the country and the world this year and in 2018. 

08 February 2017

Anglican Mission Agencies united against US immigration changes

Several Anglican mission agencies have put out a joint statement expressing “profound concern” at President Trump’s executive order on immigration.

01 February 2017

Churches wade in on US immigration row

Church leaders react to President Trump's restrictions on travel to the United States

31 January 2017

Mosque shooting leaves "a nation horrified"

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada has said that Sunday night’s shooting at a mosque in Quebec has left "a nation horrified.”

31 January 2017

Episcopal church leaders in the United States speak out on immigration

The presiding bishop of the US-based Episcopal Church and the director of Episcopal Migration Ministries both spoke out in concern for the plight of refugees, in anticipation of President Donald Trump’s actions on immigration. 

26 January 2017

Trump signs Dakota Access Pipeline memo to speed process

The US-based Episcopal Church reacts to President Trump's decision to speed up progress on the Dakota Access Pipeline. 

25 January 2017

Episcopalians join global movement of women’s marches

Women from the US-based Episcopal Church joined thousands of marchers in Minnesota, on Saturday, in one of hundreds of global womens marches.

24 January 2017

Church of Canada vows to address youth suicide crisis in Wapekeka First Nation

The Anglican Church of Canada has acknowledged that it played a role in creating the conditions that led to the suicides of two young girls in Wapekeka First Nation. 

24 January 2017