Anglicans Urge Peace and Rights in Philippines
Canadian Anglican leaders reiterate calls for a just peace and defense of human rights in the Philippines amid red-tagging of clergy and church workers.
Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Catholicism
Canadian Anglican leaders reiterated calls for a just peace and defense of human rights in the Philippines. Church and secular activists in both countries spoke out against the red-tagging of clergy and church workers.
Why it matters
The Philippine government has arrested and imprisoned clergy and church workers and accused them of working with communist insurgents. The Anglican Church of Canada's 2025 General Synod resolution frames these practices as human rights violations to be stopped.
Resolution A160 was passed at the Anglican Church of Canada's 2025 General Synod. The extraction does not provide further quantitative data on arrests or killings, and the scope of the affected population remains unspecified.
The players
Andrea Mann
Andrea Mann is General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Canada, the national governing body of the Anglican communion in Canada.
Anglican Church of Canada
The Anglican Church of Canada is the national branch of the Anglican Communion in Canada, which holds General Synod as its governing assembly.
The details
Resolution A160 re-affirms commitment to lasting peace with justice for the people of the Philippines and calls on Canadian Anglicans to engage in solidarity and advocacy. It names extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and red-tagging as human rights violations to stop, and Anglican Church of Canada General Secretary Andrea Mann is among those involved.
Timeline
2025: Anglican Church of Canada passes Resolution A160 at General Synod.
November 5, 2026: Anglican Journal publishes article on Canadian Anglican advocacy.
Church Advocacy Context
Resolution A160, passed at the Anglican Church of Canada's 2025 General Synod, sets out the church's formal position on the Philippines. The reiterated calls in this story extend that resolution's commitments into ongoing public advocacy.
Readers who support human rights advocacy can engage with Anglican solidarity efforts on the Philippines through their church or advocacy networks. The resolution explicitly calls on Canadian Anglicans to take part in solidarity and advocacy work.
The takeaway
Faith communities can use formal resolutions to name specific human rights violations and commit members to solidarity action. Readers interested in the issue can follow how church bodies translate such commitments into advocacy.
Further reading
For broader context on church involvement in human rights advocacy, see Catholicism.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Anglican Journal.
