An Anglican 'outsider' shares insights at the Synod on the Family
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMAmong the 253 participants in the Synod on the Family which will conclude here in the Vatican on Sunday are eight delegates from different Christian Churches who are sharing insights from their own communities and traditions. Among them is...
Church of England votes in favour of ordaining women bishops
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Church of England has voted in favor of the ordination of women bishops, at its General Synod on July 14, after two decades of heated debate and discussion that has provoked serious divisions within its membership. "Today is the completion of...
Pope Francis and Archbishop Welby discuss ways of working for unity
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPope Francis met on Monday with the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, saying he hoped their meeting would serve to “strengthen further our bonds of friendship and our commitment to the great cause of reconciliation...
Church of England removes devil from christening service
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Church of England is accused of "dumbing down" the christening service as it introduces a new wording so parents and godparents no longer have to "repent sins" and "reject the devil"
Anglican leader hits out at Christmas consumerism
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe “absurd and ridiculous” pressure to have a perfect Christmas puts relationships under strain and “spoils life”, the Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. The Most Rev Justin Welby said consumerism over the festive period is now so “over the top” that couples are left arguing over money ...
English Bishops call global community to see Christian targeting in Egypt
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe general secretary of the episcopal conference of England and Wales released a statement calling the international community to recognize the violence specifically aimed at Christians in Egypt...
Anglican bishops to be quizzed on their sex lives
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMEvery Church of England cleric who could be promoted to become a bishop is to be asked to provide details of their sex life to the Archbishop of Canterbury or York, it has emerged. In an effort to avoid “the appearance of discrimination” ...
Pope Francis receives Archbishop of Canterbury
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe history of relations between the Church of England and the Catholic Church is long and complex, and not without pain. Recent decades, however, have been marked by a journey of rapprochement and fraternity, and for this we give heartfelt thanks to God. This journey ...
Anglicans drop their opposition to gay marriage
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMBishops in the Church of England, who had strenuously opposed a bid to allow same-sex marriage, signaled that they won’t try to derail the bill after an overwhelming vote of support in the House of Lords. Church of England spokesman Steve Jenkins said that...
New Archbishop Installed for Anglican Communion
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMA couple days after the Roman Catholic Church installed its 266th pope, the Anglican Communion – a global Protestant Christian body based in the United Kingdom – now has a newly inaugurated spiritual head.
Les anglicans d’Afrique regrettent l’admission d’évêques homosexuels par l’Église d’Angleterre
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMPlusieurs hauts responsables anglicans africains ont dénoncé la décision de l’Église d’Angleterre d’admettre à l’épiscopat des homosexuels ayant souscrit un partenariat civil, soulignant que cela allait accroître des divisions au sein de la Communion anglicane.
Vatican welcomes naming of new Archbishop of Canterbury
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThe Vatican has welcomed the nomination of Anglican Bishop Justin Welby of Durham as the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
About Anglican Church
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMThere are many churches around the world that have the word Anglican in their name, and virtually all of them are indeed Christian churches in the Anglican tradition. In some sense these are all Anglican churches, and most of them are part of the Anglican Church.
Archbishop Rowan Williams to speak at Ecumenical Centre, Geneva
By Admin Webmaster 2/6/2016 10:31:10 AMDr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, will be delivering a lecture on “Faith, human rights and human dignity” on Tuesday, 28 February from 18.30-20.00 in the Visser't Hooft Plenary Hall of the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva at the invitation of the World Council of Churches (WCC).