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November 1, 2007

North American Anglicans authorise trial blessings for same-sex couples

Anglicans in Canada and the United States are pushing ahead with local procedures for blessing lesbian and gay people in the church. The US Episcopal Diocese of California has authorised the use of three trial rites for same-sex unions.
October 19, 2007

Canadian priest says secular society should include the religious

A Canadian Catholic priest is urging Quebec to move towards a model of "open secularism" that respects both religious and non-religious contributions to society without imposing the beliefs of any one group.
October 9, 2007

Canadian Mennonites protest treatment of US humanitarian asylum worker

The arrest last month of a US humanitarian worker entering Canada with 12 Haitian asylum seekers has serious implications for church groups and organizations that help refugees, says Mennonite Central Committee Canada’s refugee coordinator.
April 27, 2007

United Church of Canada urges end to boycott of Palestine

The head of the United Church of Canada has written to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper urging his government urgently and immediately to resume financial support to the Palestinian Unity Government - in the face of a wide boycott.
April 18, 2007

Archbishop seeks to build bridges with USA trip

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that he will visit the United States in an attempt to repair relations within a fractured Anglican Communion.
January 25, 2007

Canadian Mennonites face threat to citizenship

Hundreds of Mennonites living in Canada may face losing their Canadian citizenship on account of the non-recognition of church marriages in Latin America, where some 7,000 of their ancestors moved in the 1920s, reports UPI and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
November 8, 2006

Canadian war veterans attack peace activists over white poppies

War veterans in Canada have launched an attack against peace activists, accusing them of hijackeding the poppy.