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Brazil's Anglicans protest destruction of indigenous land

Hundreds of indigenous Guarani-Kaiowá and Terena people have been violently evicted from their homes in Mato Grosso do Sul.

19 August 2016

Brazil seeks Canada's "knowledge" on indigenous advocacy

The Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil is learning from the Anglican Church of Canada’s experience of ministry with indigenous people.

27 July 2016

National Aboriginal Day of Prayer 2016

Anglican churches throughout Canada have been asked to stage a public recitation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today.

21 June 2016

Primate "encourage" by interest in Canadian General Synod

With General Synod set to begin in exactly three weeks, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, says he’s heartened by the interest and prayers of Anglicans.

17 June 2016

Three indigenous bishops ordained in Argentina

Three indigenous Anglican priests were ordained as bishops in Argentina last week, becoming the latest of a very small number of indigenous Anglicans ever to have become bishops in the province of South America.

15 June 2016

Anglican seminary re-opens in the Arctic

An Anglican seminary is to open in the Arctic as the Arthur Turner Training School (ATTS) re-opens, almost a decade after it closed. When it re-opens, the ATTS will operate from its new home at St Jude’s Cathedral in Iqaluit, thanks to a $50,000 CAD (approximately £26,750 GBP) return from the Anglican Church of Canada’s Resolution Corporation.

09 May 2016

First Bible for Exnet Sur people of Western Paraguay

The completion of a 25-year translation project has resulted in the first Éxnet Sur Bible translation for the Southern Enxet people, an indigenous group from the Gran Chaco region of western Paraguay. The work is the result of a collaboration between the Anglican Church of Paraguay, CMS, and the Paraguayan Bible Society.

06 May 2016

Canadian bishop's 470-km journey towards reconciliation

When Bishop Logan McMenamie of the diocese of British Columbia approached the steps of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia, on the morning of 27 March – Easter Sunday – he took the final steps of a gruelling 470-km (approximately 292 miles) journey to “re-enter the land.”

04 April 2016

WCC to stage conference on reconciliation in indigenous contexts

The World Council of Churches will convene a conference on the theme “Reconciliation Processes in Indigenous Contexts” in Trondheim, Norway, on 20-21 June. The conference, which will be hosted by the Sami Church Council (Church of Norway), will be held in connection with the WCC Central Committee meeting on 22-28 June, also in Trondheim.

04 April 2016

Canada: Churches respond to deadline on First Nations' reconciliation

Eight churches and religious organisations jointly declared their commitment to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 48 in a press conference on Parliament Hill on 30 March. This call urges the faith community to implement the principles, norms and standards of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a framework for reconciliation.

30 March 2016