In a 10-day meeting in Geneva, the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) addressed a wide range of international issues but also embraced some changes that could reshape the whole ecumenical movement.
From the National Council of Churches News Service Thirty-seven Christian leaders from three Western nations, gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, for a meeting of the World Council of Churches Central Committee, have issued an urgent call to the American government to pull back from its unilateral movement toward pre-emptive military action against Iraq, and to seek … Continued
Former Keewatin Bishop Gordon Beardy has a new title to add to his signature: chief. He was elected to the position by his small First Nation community last month.
The normally public dealings of a group of Anglicans opposed to same-sex blessings in New Westminster have moved behind closed doors on the say-so of a Texas priest.
The guest list is firmly under wraps, but later this month Anglicans opposed to same-sex blessings in the diocese of New Westminster are preparing to welcome like-minded bishops and primates from across the Anglican Communion.
Those hoping for a final word — pro or con — on the Anglican view of homosexual behavior from the three-year-long International Anglican Conversations on Human Sexuality are going to have to wait. The final report, issued this month, indicates strengthened relationships between the participants, but no consensus on the morality of homosexuality.
It’s a simple sign with a simple message, handwritten on plain white paper and cardboard, but it speaks to thousands.
Downing Street today announced that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Wales and Bishop of Monmouth, is to succeed George Carey as 104th Archbishop of Canterbury.
A former mission co-ordinator with the Anglican Church of Canada’s Partnership department has been appointed suffragan or assistant bishop of the diocese of Europe.
The “when” is uncertain, but who will likely be the first same-sex couple formally blessed in a New Westminster parish is almost certain.
Nearly missed by her friends and colleagues in parts of the Canadian church among the recipients of the Order of Canada was aboriginal elder and former chair of the Anglican Church of Canada’s council for native ministries Willy Hodgson.
What began as a disagreement over theology, sexuality and its biblical interpretation may end up as a dispute on stacks of legal-sized paper as the diocese of New Westminster asks dissident clergy a second time whether they are “in” or “out.”
Bishop William Robinson, retired bishop of Ottawa, died this week in his 86th year.
A consultation on the Future of Anglicanism, meeting June 29-July 5 at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, England, concluded with a declaration that blasted what it called “a serious breach of Anglican order” in recent decisions to bless same-gender relationships, action that has created “a widening circle of scandal and distress.”
Anglicans can now make donations via computer to the Anglican Appeal, the Anglican Church of Canada and its various ministries, thanks to a Canadian charity Web site.