On the occasion of World AIDS Day, I am delighted to know that you have agreed to meet our Anglican Observer at the United Nations, Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa Matalavea, in order to hear from her something of the important work she does at the United Nations on behalf of the 75 million-member Anglican Communion.
02 December 2003
The Diocese of Toronto has embarked on a year-long process to discuss the issue of same-gender blessings. The diocese’s Synod, its governing body, approved the process at a meeting in Toronto on November 21.
26 November 2003
The diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island has elected a well-known priest and social justice advocate as its suffragan, or assistant, bishop. Susan Moxley is the diocese's first female bishop and only the third woman ever to be elected to Canada's house of 42 active bishops.
25 November 2003
The Diocese of Toronto, Canada, is celebrating an important milestone in the life of the Anglican Communion as it holds its 150th regular session of Synod from 20-22 November 2003 in Toronto.
21 November 2003
The Chairman of the Anglican Communion in New Westminster (ACiNW) - a coalition of 11 parishes that oppose the Diocese’s decision to bless same-sex unions - has written to the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada thanking the House of Bishops for their search “for a resolution of the problem we are experiencing in the Diocese of New Westminster”.
21 November 2003
This is a heart breaking sight. In a place where the relationship between Muslims, Jews and Christians is one of co-operation and goodwill, an attack on a synagogue is an attack on every Muslim, Jew and Christian.
18 November 2003
Even as the controversy over the November 2 consecration of V Gene Robinson as the church's first openly gay man to be elected to the episcopate continued to simmer among Episcopalians around the world, he quietly began his ministry with a pledge to take the message of God's love to "those on the margins".
13 November 2003
The Anglican Church of Canada's chief governing council has received a new “framework” to guide the Church's work and mission for the next six years.
13 November 2003
Bishop Terrence Buckle of the Yukon is withdrawing his offer of episcopal oversight to parishes in the diocese of New Westminster that do not agree with the blessing of same-sex unions.
10 November 2003
Canadian Anglican bishops have voted to strike a task force to study what the church should do to provide spiritual care for members who dissent from church policies.
07 November 2003