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Lambeth Conference postponed until 2022

July 8, 2020 1 Comment

Today, the Lambeth Conference announced that it will be postponed an additional year: In March it was announced that due to the COVID-19 pandemic and

ACNA praying about the ordination of women

September 6, 2017 3 Comments

The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has issued a call for prayer as ACNA bishops discuss the ordination of women following a five-year study on holy orders by an appointed task force.

Anglicans in Canada: The possibility of civil disobedience

April 13, 2016 11 Comments

And if decisions made by the General Synod are a point of disagreement within the communion (i.e. a vote against same-gender marriage), Archbishop Hiltz says “there could be some ‘civil disobedience’ on the part of clergy and parishes….”

Facets of identity

February 28, 2016 32 Comments

These four terms – Christian, Anglican, Episcopalian, and post-theist – are how I describe my religious identity. I choose which term(s) to use on a particular occasion depending upon context and what I want to communicate about myself.

Church of England could close thousands of churches in 2016

December 21, 2015 3 Comments

Photo of St Mary’s, Newington In a BBC video, the Revd Cannon Giles Fraser talks about the high cost of securing the steeple for St

Anglican Church of Canada releases report from The Commission on the Marriage Canon

September 23, 2015 6 Comments

The Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada released the following announcement on Tuesday, September 22: Dear Friends in Christ, Today the Council

Leaving Catholicism for Anglicanism

September 16, 2015 14 Comments

Catholic author and columnist Michael Coren found his way from the Catholic church for which he was a voice to the Anglican church, finding both

Justin, not Your Grace: A Newsweek interview with the Archbishop of Canterbury

July 29, 2015 No Comments

Newsweek has just published a somewhat prickly interview with Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, by Robert Chalmers, touching on questions of prayer (“Prayer isn’t a

Princess Charlotte christened by Archbishop of Canterbury Welby

July 6, 2015 7 Comments

Princess Charlotte, Reuters Reuters has video and a write-up on the ceremony, which took place in eastern England, where the family have a country home.

Judge rules in favor of diocese selling St. James the Great in L.A.

June 25, 2015 9 Comments

The Daily Pilot, in Fountain Valley, California, reports that a judge has allowed the sale of a church property to move forward after parishioners of

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