Dear friends in faith and siblings in humanity, As leaders of Canadian churches in ‘full communion’, we wish to encourage your observance of the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) from February 1-7, 2021. Begun in 2010, the annual WIHW has today become a preeminent opportunity for raising up the imperative of dialogue between … Continued
Watch the annual joint Christmas message from The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and the Rev. Susan Johnson, National Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.
On this day five years ago the full and final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was released. It was the culmination of seven years of listening to the painful truths about the system of residential schools for Indigenous children
Archbishop Linda Nicholls, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada and the leaders of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, The Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have joined together to offer this Advent message.
In observing the international Transgender Day of Remembrance, the Primate reminds us that “As a Christian community, our baptismal covenant calls us to respect the dignity of every human being and to seek justice for all persons.”
The Primate and National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop call on the Federal government to prioritize promised legislation to create a legal framework to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
As we mark National Housing Day this year, many of us have been spending more time than is usual in our homes.
Archbishop and Primate Linda Nicholls writes a letter to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, the Hon. David Lametti, regarding Bill C-6.
The Primates or senior representatives of 37 of the 41 Anglican Communion provinces met online in two video conference calls totalling five hours on 5 and 6 November 2020.
We are writing to you at this time, together with KAIROS members, ACC and UCC, to reiterate our concerns about the human rights situation in the Philippines and to call on the Canadian government to use your voice at the United Nations and with the government of the Philippines to raise concerns about ongoing human rights violations and impunity in the Philippines.
We write out of urgent and deep concern for the violent situation unfolding in regard to Mi’kmaw fishing in Nova Scotia.
Dear friends in Christ, On October 8th we learned of the death of the Rt. Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Curtis Ralph Peddle, Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. Bishop Geoff had served over many years as a parish priest, diocesan executive officer, and provost and vice-chancellor of Queen’s College in St. John’s. He became … Continued
