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Wrapping Euthanasia in Eucharist: The Anglican Church of Canada’s MAiD Experiment

The Anglican Church of Canada has authorized trial liturgies for euthanasia deaths, giving clergy a prayer book for the bedside when doctors are ending a patient’s life. The Council of General Synod in June 2026 commended “Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts...
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Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts of Medically Assisted Dying

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Lambeth Conferences and Calls – A Lessons Learned Review

It is unlikely that readers of Modern Church would have come across the Galton...
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Martyn Percy: The Church of England…. Trustworthy?

If a Church values loyalty and reputation far more than truth and justice it...
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Martyn Percy: Ethical? (or, Tea and Sympathy Are Not Enough)

As Peter Drucker famously remarked, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”.  It is therefore no...
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Martyn Percy: The Ministry of Truth and Safeguarding in the Church of England (A ‘Lessons Learned Review’ from 1984)

From the Modern Church blog: As any student of George Orwell knows, the world of 1984 turns...
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Martyn Percy: Why I’m leaving the Church of England

The Church of England (CoE) is one of the few major British institutions remaning...
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Martyn Percy: Some Critical Comment on “Bishops and Ministry Fit for a New Context”

One can hardly do better than the satirical takes on the latest attempt at...
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Time, Light, Truth and Christmas Hope: a reflection by Martyn Percy

‘Respair’ is a very old word that one hardly ever uses these days.  The...
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Churches and Cultural Climate-Change Denial (Part One): Learning from Canute

Editor's note: Writing at the Modern Church, Martyn Percy discusses the short sightedness of...

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Wrapping Euthanasia in Eucharist: The Anglican Church of Canada’s MAiD Experiment

The Anglican Church of Canada has authorized trial liturgies for euthanasia deaths, giving clergy...
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Pastoral Liturgies at the Time of Death in Contexts of Medically Assisted Dying

trial-use-ministry-with-sick-and-dying-maid-june-2026Download
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Seven problems with the ReNew ordination pathway

In 2017, Bishop Martin Morrison of the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa...
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Work starting on Episcopal Church Archives permanent home

Site preparation for the new permanent home of The Archives of The Episcopal Church—the...