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Just as a government can be subverted and altered through infiltration and control, so can religion. Case in point: the subversive work of the Synod on Synodality. 'A hostile takeover [...]

Near the end of the month-long meeting of the Synod on Synodality in Rome last October, Pope Francis surprised the assembly by speaking out against something about which he had […]

During the past two Octobers, I spent my days speaking with many people who disagreed with me. I'm referring, of course, to the Synod on Synodality, the final session of [...]

What does it mean to be a truly synodal church? To find out, several members of America's staff traveled to Rome for an up-close look at the October assembly of [...]

In his book Synodality: A New Way of Proceeding in the Church, the Venezuelan theologian Raphael Luciani notes how the synodal process is rooted in the Second Vatican Council's recovery [...]

Gathered for six-day Assembly, Anglicans, Lutherans vote on justice issues, liturgy, planning and more In the wake of two votes against a resolution that would have extended her term, Archbishop [...]

Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, will retire this month, leaving Archbishop Anne Germond, metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, as acting primate until the [...]

I cannot believe that the primatial commission has broached the idea of doing away with the Anglican Journal (Commission asks: Time to axe General Synod, Journal? September, p. 1). The [...]

What is your overall take on the synthesis document? The document is not as important as the experience that we had. I think the document tries to convey that experience. [...]

Polygamy? Blessing homosexual unions? 'Radical inclusion' of LGBT people? Holy Communion for those living in adulterous relationships? Ordination of women? Is the Roman Catholic Church really about to flip on [...]

Archbishop Anne Germond, bishop of the dioceses of Algoma and Moosonee and metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Ontario, is to become acting primate in September once Archbishop Linda Nicholls, [...]

Is it possible to be more Catholic than the pope? In the case of the current pope, simply remaining faithful to the religion's tenets would make one more Catholic. Francis [...]

Regarding 'Commission asks: Time to axe General Synod, Journal?' (September, p.1): Unless and until the Anglican Church of Canada eliminates voting by order at all synods our bishops will impede [...]

Deacons in the Anglican Church of Canada will present a draft theological statement on the diaconate to Council of General Synod (CoGS) this November as they seek to redefine their [...]

The synod of the diocese of Moosonee, which straddles parts of northern Ontario and Quebec, voted unanimously June 26 to elect a dedicated bishop for the first time in a [...]

Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, says she intends to write Ottawa on medical assistance in dying (MAID)--one of a slate of MAID-related actions Council of [...]

The theme for the Council of General Synod these two years--Rooted in the Word; Flourishing in the Spirit--builds on last year's General Synod theme of Let there be Greening. It [...]

Two key Indigenous Ministries staff positions have been filled with the hiring of the Rev. Rosalyn Elm as coordinator and Krista Pura as program associate. Elm, who is Oneida and [...]

Mississauga, Ont. Archbishop Linda Nicholls, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has yet to decide on an exact retirement date, Council of General Synod (CoGS) heard Nov. 24. 'Given [...]

Oct. 25 was my 23rd birthday, a Wednesday, which I celebrated working at my desk in the America newsroom. The pope had given an intervention at the synod decrying clericalism [...]