January 5, 2009 Huron bishop not yet acting on same-sex blessings

The newly-elected bishop of the diocese of Huron, Robert Bennett, says that he has not yet acted on the diocesan synod’s motion in May asking the bishop to give clergy permission to bless same-sex marriages. “Nothing has...

---

January 5, 2009 Rupert’s Land may authorize rites if General Synod approves

The diocese of Rupert’s Land synod has passed a resolution authorizing the rites of blessing for civil unions of same-sex couples if the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod, which meets in 2010, passes “an enabling...

---

December 5, 2008 Creating a new province will take years, says Archbishop of Canterbury

The Archbishop of Canterbury met with conservative primates from Africa and the Southern Cone on Friday to discuss the announcement about a proposed new province. "There are clear guidelines set out in the Anglican...

---

December 5, 2008 Anglican Church in North America: new church or new province?

Leaders of the Common Cause Partnership, a coalition of conservative Anglicans in the U.S. and Canada, released a draft constitution on Dec. 3 for a new Anglican province that they propose would be defined by theology rather than a geographic location. Gathered in Wheaton, Ill., leaders of the partnership, which represents about 100,000 Anglicans (3,000 in Canada) – those who have left the Anglican Church of Canada and the Episcopal Church in the U.S. largely over blessing same-sex unions and the ordination of an openly gay bishop – outlined their vision for the new Anglican Church in North America.

---

December 3, 2008 Huron bishop not yet acting on same-sex blessings

The newly-elected bishop of the diocese of Huron, Robert Bennett, says that he has not yet acted on the diocesan synod’s motion in May asking the bishop to give clergy permission to bless same-sex marriages “where at least one party is baptized” and to authorize an appropriate rite.

---

December 1, 2008 Final draft of Anglican covenant could take five years to sign on

The Covenant Design Group has published a document “which sets out the responses of the bishops at the Lambeth Conference in their discussions of the St. Andrew’s Draft for an Anglican covenant,” an Oct. 22 news release from the Anglican Communion Office announced.

---

December 1, 2008 Lutheran bishops share similar same-sex issues

The Conference of Bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) said its joint meeting here with the Anglican Church of Canada’s house of bishops was “a sign of our deepening full communion relationship.”

---

December 1, 2008 Dioceses consider next steps towards same-sex blessings

Bishops from four dioceses emerged from the house of bishops meeting in October struggling with how to proceed with plans to introduce same-sex blessings in their dioceses.

---

December 1, 2008 Majority of bishops endorse moratoria

The Canadian house of bishops on Oct. 31 said a “large majority” of its members could affirm “a continued commitment to the greatest extent possible” to a moratorium on the blessing of same-sex unions but also recognized that this would pose difficulty for some dioceses “that in conscience have made decisions on these matters.”

---

November 28, 2008 Conservative Anglicans determined to stay within church

About 50 conservative Anglican leaders, including eight young theological students, gathered in Toronto for a one-day consultation on Nov. 25 and emerged with a determination to remain within the Anglican Church of Canada. They...

---