Topic: Rowan Williams

Sentamu urges end to 'spin' in Church of England

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 ...

Gay Anglican blocked from becoming bishop: reports

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 ...

C of E 'blocks' gay cleric from becoming bishop

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, ...

Church rejects Anglican pressure over gay rights

PARIS (Reuters) - The top Episcopal bishop in the United States, under pressure from the Anglican Communion for allowing homosexual bishops, has said plans to discipline it in the worldwide denomination violated Anglican traditions. Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori said the proposal ...

Latest Anglican peace bid meets with skepticism

LONDON (Reuters) - The Archbishop of Canterbury's latest proposal to mediate a gay rights dispute splitting the worldwide Anglican Communion seems to be falling on deaf ears in the opposing camps he is trying to discipline. Archbishop Rowan Williams, spiritual head of ...

Sex abuse scandal casts shadow over Easter

Catholic and Anglican leaders in Britain and Ireland used their Easter Sunday sermons to try to heal the wounds from a rift between the churches over the Irish clerical child abuse scandal. Churchmen on both sides of the Irish Sea spoke of ...

Sex abuse spat casts clouds in churches over Easter

Catholic and Anglican leaders in Britain and Ireland used their Easter Sunday sermons to try to heal the wounds from a rift between the churches over the Irish clerical child abuse scandal. Churchmen on both sides of the Irish Sea spoke of ...

Anglican leader regrets Irish Catholics comments

The leader of the world's Anglicans expressed "deep sorrow and regret" for saying the Catholic Church in Ireland was "losing all credibility" over the paedophile priests scandal. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams telephoned Diarmuid Martin, the Archbishop of Dublin and one of ...
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