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Members of the Jews Say No to Genocide coalition arrive at a 2024 event described as a discussion against antisemitism and hate at the Pride of Israel Synagogue, where they were denied entry and police dragged several members away from the building. Photo: Lauren Moses Brettler

Anti-hate bill draws doubts from religious communities

Several religious groups and civil liberties organizations are expressing concerns about Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, which the House of Commons passed in its third and final vote on March 25.

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When the Anglican Journal asked clergy and scholars to explain the significance of Pentecost, it heard diverse interpretations reflective of the biblical story behind the feast day.

Several religious groups and civil liberties organizations are expressing concerns about Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, which the House of Commons passed in its third and final vote on March 25.

Archbishop O’Driscoll, who served as the 10th bishop of Huron and 15th metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, died on April 17.

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The Anglican Church of Canada has convened a panel of clergy and bishops to study a pair of proposed reforms to the structure of the worldwide Anglican Communion, known as the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals.

Looking to help children in Gaza, the Canadian Companions of Jerusalem reached their fundraising goal in just seven months for a rehabilitation pediatrician at the Jerusalem Princess Basma Centre.

Two stories are playing out in the United States amid ongoing raids by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) targeting alleged illegal immigrants, according to bishops and clergy of The Episcopal Church who have participated in mobilizations across the country in response.

“Pentecost is a celebration of the gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church,” Archbishop Shane Parker, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, writes in his May column.

In his May column, National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop Chris Harper calls for the church to be an instrument of healing and inclusion.

Coverage of primate’s visit to the Holy Land a welcome window into painful circumstances, a reader says.