Topic: Anglicanism
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A Church of England vicar who oversaw hundreds of sham marriages to help migrants settle illegally in Britain was jailed for four years on Monday. The Reverend Alex Brown, 61, presided over 360 bogus ceremonies over four years ...
The Church of England's ruling body has said that women bishops should be allowed, paving the way for their ordination despite objections from traditionalists. Members of the Church's national assembly, the General Synod, rejected calls on Monday for further delays in the ...
YORK, England (Reuters) - The Church of England moved a step closer on Monday to ordaining women as bishops, but deep divisions remained which could threaten their consecration or lead to a split between liberals and traditionalists. The General Synod, or parliament, ...
As the Church of England prepared on Saturday to discuss the thorny topic of women bishops, the Archbishop of York called for an end to "spin and propaganda" targeted at the Archbishop of Canterbury. Dr John Sentamu told the church's general synod ...
An openly gay cleric has been blocked from becoming a Church of England bishop, amid fears the controversial ordination could have further strained the Anglican movement, reports said Thursday. Jeffrey John had been tipped to become Bishop of Southwark, in London, after ...
An openly gay cleric has been blocked from becoming a Church of England bishop, amid fears the controversial ordination could have further strained the Anglican movement, reports said Thursday. Jeffrey John had been tipped to become Bishop of Southwark, in London, after ...
An openly gay cleric has been blocked from becoming a Church of England bishop, amid fears the controversial ordination could have further strained the Anglican movement, reports said Thursday. Jeffrey John had been tipped to become Bishop of Southwark, in London, after ...
Church of England reportedly considers making gay priest a bishopThe Church of England may be on the verge of promoting a gay priest to bishop, a step that would widen the split over sexuality in the global Anglican Communion. If that happens, ...
The Church of England is considering an openly gay man to be bishopThe Church of England is considering an openly gay man to be bishop. The “Mother Church” of the worldwide Anglican Communion has been critical of U.S. Episcopalians for ordaining two ...
Anglican Communion cuts US Episcopalians from ecumenical bodies for electing lesbian bishopThe Anglican Communion has suspended U.S. Episcopalians from serving on some interfaith bodies because of the election of a lesbian as a bishop in California. The U.S. church opened a rift ...
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