Sean Frankling

Sean Frankling’s experience includes newspaper reporting as well as writing for video and podcast media. He’s been chasing stories since his first co-op for Toronto’s Gleaner Community Press at age 18. He studied journalism at Carleton University and has written for the Toronto Star, WatchMojo and other outlets.

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…

IASCUFO members reconvene at the Anglican Centre in Rome in 2025 to discuss feedback and their work to date on the Nairobi-Cairo Proposals. Photo: Anglican Communion Office

Canadian Anglicans prepare to weigh in on Nairobi-Cairo Proposals

The Anglican Church of Canada has convened a panel of clergy and bishops to study a pair of proposed reforms…

Volunteers Marion Berube (left) and JoAnne Jenkins work in the kitchen at St. Matthew’s Cathedral, Timmins, a parish that provides food service and outreach to neighbours in need. Photo: George Cribbs

Northern Ontario Anglicans ‘just keep giving’ as homelessness crisis looms

Peggy Morrison began working at the Open Arms Café at the North Bay, Ont. parish of St. John the Divine…

Families play a game at a summer camp run by Karis Disability Services, the charity partnering with the diocese of Niagara to consult on their disability theology study process. Canon David Anderson, chair of the diocese's learning group, describes their camps as a source of many lessons about how to build communities of belonging. Photo: Victoria Gravesande

Diocese of Niagara begins disability theology work

A study group in the diocese of Niagara seeks to initiate a conversation about disability and belonging in the diocese,…

Bishop-elect Kathryn Otley (centre left) poses with Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario (left) and fellow candidates in the episcopal election, Archdeacon Brian Kauk (centre right) and Archdeacon Monique Stone (right). Photo: Archdeacon Chris Dunn

Archdeacon Kathryn Otley elected bishop of Ottawa

The Anglican diocese of Ottawa has elected Archdeacon Kathryn Otley, currently the incumbent at All Saints’ Anglican Church Westboro, as…

Idlout’s smile conveyed warmth, welcome and a sense of humility that made anyone feel like family, says former Bishop of the diocese of the Arctic David Parsons. Photo: General Synod Archives

Paul Idlout: Hunter, bishop, brother

The Anglican Church of Canada’s first Inuit bishop, Paul Idlout, lived through a period of massive change in the Arctic…

With the Cathedral's tax bill paid off, Pryor says work is in progress to more efficiently heat and insure its one-of-a-kind, high-ceilinged structure--and ways to deepen its relationships with parishioners. Photo and 3D tour: Majid Khodabnandehloo/Red Maple Film Studio

Arctic cathedral’s tax bill paid, exemption restored

St. Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit has paid a tax bill, which had previously threatened the cathedral’s financial stability, with the…

Beng Wee, treasurer of General Synod, met with the Anglican Journal at a pub near the national church’s office, Church House, in Toronto. Photo: Sean Frankling

General Synod’s new treasurer places accountability to God at core of role

“The fear of the Lord is the root of all wisdom.” That quotation, from Proverbs 9:10, marked the beginning of…

Transformation Task Force co-chair Canon (lay) Andrew Stephens-Rennie, flanked on the left by fellow co-chair Canon (lay) Janet Marshall, says the groups affected by the church’s transformation must be consulted as decisions are made. Photo: Matthew Puddister

National church could support diocesan networks, primate says

General Synod will likely shift toward supporting programming developed and delivered across diocesan networks rather than delivering that programming itself,…

George Cadman received the Anglican Award of Merit (medal pictured) in 2023 for his work as chancellor of the diocese of New Westminster. Photo: Courtesy of the diocese of New Westminster

Meet General Synod’s new chancellor, George Cadman

Cadman, who spoke with the Anglican Journal in January, became the national church’s chancellor—a volunteer officer of General Synod who…