New Statscan data: More Canadians identify with no religion

Buddhists worship at a temple in Vancouver. In 2011, 2.4 million Canadians were Muslim, Hindu, Sikh or Buddhist.
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Muslim, Hindu, Sikh & Buddhist populations growing

(Staff)  NEARLY ONE in four Canadians claim to have no religious affiliation. Almost one quarter of the Canadian population (23.9 per cent) or 7.8 million do not belong to any particular religion. The percentage of people who do not align themselves  with an organized system of belief has nearly

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Religious attendance lowers depression rates 22%

Simply being ‘spiritual’ makes no difference

(Staff)  WHILE ONE in four Canadians have no religious affiliation and even many of those who do attend places of worship do so infrequently, a major new study reveals that regular attendance at religious services lowers rates of depression significantly.

The study tracked more than 12,000 Canadians over a period of 14 years and found that regular attendance at religious services offers significant protection against depression.

The study found that people who identify themselves as spiritual, but who do not attend religious services, did not experience any

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First ACC bishop of African descent

Peter Fenty

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PETER FENTY has been elected the new suffragan bishop of Toronto succeeding George Elliott, the area bishop of York-Simcoe, who retired in April. When he is consecrated on June 22 in St James Cathedral in Toronto, Fenty will become the first bishop of African descent

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Nova Scotian appointed Principal of Pusey House

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Staff) THE REV. Dr George Westhaver, Rector of St George’s in Halifax, has been appointed Principal of Pusey House in Oxford, England, effective Aug. 1^st. 

According to Westhaver, “Pusey House was founded to promote theological study and to encourage holiness of life, a combination which represents in a large part Dr E.B. Pusey’s contribution both to the Oxford Movement and to the Church of England in the 19th century.”

Pusey House is neither a seminary nor a graduate school, although traditionally

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Bishop’s son charged with fraud

By George Conger

THE FORMER Executive Archdeacon of Brandon appeared before a Manitoba court yesterday to answer charges that he had embezzled approximately $190,000 from diocesan coffers.

The Ven. Noah James Bernard Njegovan, 30, was arraigned on charges of having committed a fraud of over $5,000 while serving as executive archdeacon of the diocese and

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