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Jeffrey John calls out hypocrisy amongst bishops

March 19, 2017 10 Comments

Dean of St Albans has again been passed over for a bishopric (this time in Wales) based solely on his sexual orientation

Promoting services of Thanksgiving & Eucharists for LGBTQ couples in the Church of England

March 18, 2017 1 Comment

The Rt Revd Steven Cottrell, bishop diocesan of the Diocese of Chelmsford, Province of Canterbury in the Church of England has called for the CoE to offer services of Thanksgiving and Eucharists to celebrate the civil marriages of LGBTQ folks in England.

Designing Lambeth Conference 2020

March 18, 2017 4 Comments

This past week the Lambeth Conference Design Group has been meeting for the first time. Two things have been set. The 2020 Conference will be during July of 2020 in Canterbury England. The theme of the Conference will be “God’s Church for God’s world.”

Called to be one with the Apsotles

March 18, 2017 2 Comments

Andrew Gerns offers another perspective on the much-maligned proposal to create a list of pre-vetted candidates for bishop elections.

A Statement from the Australian Primate regarding the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse

March 18, 2017 No Comments

In 2013 the Australian federal government established the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. As the Commissions moves to a final hearing with the Anglican Church of Australia, to be held in Sydney, the Primate, Archbishop Philip Freier, of that national church has issued a statement.

Another Anglican first in Rome

March 18, 2017 1 Comment

Anglican Choral Evensong was held in St Peters Basilica last Monday night with music from the choir of Merton College, Oxford. The service was led by Archbishop David Moxon, the director of the Anglican Center in Rome and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s representative to the Holy See.

Retired Primate of Burundi accepts appointment to the Anglican Center in Rome

March 18, 2017 3 Comments

The Archbishop of Canterbury has appointed Archbishop Bernard Ntahoturi to be his representative to the Holy See and the new director of the Anglican Center in Rome.

A Nursery for Ambition?

March 16, 2017 43 Comments

OPINION: GC Task Force on Episcopacy is considering creation of a list of “pre-approved” candidates for bishop’s elections, which Frederick Schmidt argues is a perilous idea; a profound theological and spiritual mistake

Australian bishop quits after working hard to deal with abuse issues

March 16, 2017 1 Comment

Bishop Thompson last year told the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse his efforts to expose a decades-old culture of abuse and cover-ups had led to a concerted push to get rid of him.

Rising racial conflict and the decline of church

March 15, 2017 4 Comments

The Atlantic has a new article titled “Breaking Faith” which argues that the decline in religious participation, rather than leading to lessening of the “culture wars,” has instead made possible a much more vicious cultural struggle rooted in race and tribal affiliation with little common ground on which to build reconciliation and renewal.