Topeka, Kan.Bishop William Smalley of Kansas has told clergy that he will begin authorizing limited blessing of non-married people. This policy would extend to heterosexual
Bishop Michael Ingham of New Westminster speaks to reporters after the synod’s decision on same-sex blessings. Anglican bishops, clergy and lay people of every stripe
Rowan Williams The choice of Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Wales, as new head of the Church of England, likely means that the church will
Bishop Robert Bennett, suffragan of Huron Bishop Andrew Atagotaaluk, currently a suffragan, or assistant bishop in the diocese of the Arctic, was elected co-adjutor bishop
Parishes that used to belong to the now-defunct diocese of Cariboo in British Columbia met this summer to develop an organizational structure for a new
NairobiA week after calling on Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi to give up politics and make way for a new generation of leaders, the country’s
LondonArchbishop of Canterbury designate Rowan Williams, has given an early sign of robust political involvement by signing a statement against war on Iraq. The Christian
Dear editor, It was with surprise and relief that I read the text of a “Doctrine of God” statement approved by Anglican primates in April,
York, EnglandThe Church of England’s General Synod has voted to allow clergy to remarry divorced people. The synod said in 1981 that “there are circumstances
Left to right: Canon David Hamid, co-secretary of the Anglican Communion Office, Lutheran Bishop Ambrose Moyo of Zimbabwe, and retired Bishop David Tustin of England,
Mississauga, Ont. The Council of the North has asked the church to consider raising the minimum salary for priests by $1,500 a year. Council members
RUMOURS of multiple “black holes,” an “Aquatic-ape” theory, D.N.A. analysis, genetic research, “stem cell” possibilities – all are evidence of continuing exploration in scientific disciplines
Bishop Brian Germond, of Johannesburg, visited Canada in early May to preach at the ordination of his sister-in-law. Rev. Anne Germond was ordained on May
A lull during the three-day council meeting in Mississauga, Ont. Work eclipsed? Residential schools risks eclipsing everything the Anglican church does, a Lutheran observer told
Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man, Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane Watson. OK: so it’s a movie based on a comic book-a good-verses-evil morality tale. And it’s
New York She was supposed to have died, but had switched with a colleague, and now the flight attendant pointed at the pit. “This is
London Hopes for an overseas entry into the race to succeed the Archbishop of Canterbury may be dead because of a financial scandal in the
Retiring Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey during interview. Pittsburgh The retiring head of the Anglican Communion discourages the parceling off of the church into factions,
Rev. Jennifer Gosse, 30, was installed on March 10 as the first female archdeacon in the diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador. She is the
Tampa The rector of the 500-member St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Tampa, Florida, involved in a bitter dispute with the diocese of Southwest Florida, is